Kojiro Shiraishi sailed his Open 40 Spirit of yukoh across the finish line in Cape Town last night

Van den Heede four days ahead

Jean Luc van den Heede is making good progress in his third attempt to break the round the world, non-stop, singlehanded sailing record

Cork on Sky

This year's Cork Week will be shown on Sky TV tomorrow

Body set adrift in liferaft

Sailor has to set his brother's body adrift in a liferaft after being unable to lift the casualty on board

Ellen’s new 110ft catamaran, Kingfisher2 (ex Orange) was successfully launched today sporting her sponsored B&Q and Castorama colours