What to make of the news that Bernard Stamm is out for trying to keep…
Elaine Bunting’s blog
Titanic Belfast
This new exhibition is a great insight into the tragic ship's building and the era's…
Islanders lose legal fight
Families of islanders ejected from the remote Chagos Islands cannot return, rules European Court of…
ARC rally: broken booms
Broken booms, goosenecks and vangs are a regular feature of ocean crossings. Here are the…
ARC: fastest ever?
Cruisers and racers in the ARC rally have had a turbo transatlantic with great winds…
COLREGs and culture
Is a cultural difference at the heart of the Marc Guillemot and Vendée Globe collision…
ARC: 40ft about to beat 80-footer?
A Class 40 may finish 1st, ahead of boats up to twice her size. The…
ARC dismasting and rudder failure
Three ARC yachts have had to divert to the Cape Verde islands with damage or…
Rig failure narrowly avoided: six of the most commonly seen ARC rig check failures
Jerry the Rigger went aloft to check 100 rigs on this year’s ARC. Here’s his…
ARC: two dogs’ tales
How two crews and their dogs on identical catamarans became best buddies
ARC: designer and builder go racing
Builder and designer of the new Pogo 50 fast cruiser are getting a hands-on test…
Anatomy of a Southern Ocean storm
The Vendée Globe is about to meet its first Southern Ocean low. Here's what sailors…
ARC fleet shelters from bad weather
With strong headwinds and big seas forecast, most ARC yachts are waiting for a second…
ARC: the bosses are going sailing
The ARC rally is bursting with 230 yachts - and a quarter of them are…
Transatlantic tips: squall strategies
Squalls are the most feared part of tradewinds sailing. Here’s what to expect and some…
Vendée Globe: Alex Thomson vilified for race protest
As seven skippers are penalised for breaking collision regulations Alex Thomson is unfairly tarnished for…
Chinese sailor’s lone circumnavigation
A sailor from Qingdao hopes to be the first Chinese person to sail round the…
ARC rally: 20 questions answered
Some of the most asked questions about the ARC and the oddest, including where to…
Vendée Globe: Sam’s jury rig
She may be out of the race, but Samantha Davies has stepped a jury rig…
Vendee Globe: 9 yachts in ColRegs protest
The race committee is protesting skippers who infringed the Cape Finisterre TSS. I explain why…