McKee brothers take 49er worlds

Jonathan and Charlie McKee from the United States won the 49er world championship from Irer Martinez and Xabier Fernandez of Spain

VOR start weather

What conditions will the eight boats and thousands of spectators turning up for the start of the Volvo Ocean Race have to contend with

Five days after the official crew reception in St Helier, the first Clipper boat has finished

Experience counts at the start of the inaugural Volvo Ocean Race and it's Grant Dalton's Amer Sports One that is leading the eight-boat fleet west down the Solent

GBR Challenge pipped at the post

Another day of high quality match racing in Weymouth saw GBR Challenge representatives Andy Green and Chris Main take third and fourth place respectively, at the RYA Match Racing Open

Bob Beggs and the crew of Bristol Clipper appear to have stolen a march on the homeward-bound Jersey Clipper as ETA St Helier homes in towards Saturday lunchtime

Kiwi skipper Grant Dalton, on the eve of starting in his sixth round- the-world race, has been named sailing personality of the year in Monaco

Clipper fleet make slow progress

Bristol has at last rounded The Lizard and is expected to be first across the finish line off Jersey sometime tonight...