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Fourth Volvo Ocean Race entry announced as Vestas return

  • March 22, 2017

Vestas, the Danish wind energy company, is returning to the Volvo Ocean Race for 2017/18…

Bright and breezy – a selection of great images from this year’s St Maarten Heineken Regatta

  • March 11, 2017

The most well attended of all the Caribbean regattas, the St Maarten Heineken regatta boasts…

Design guru Gino Morelli on the latest multihulls – “We’re like the Wright brothers”

  • March 10, 2017

Gino Morelli and Pete Melvin, more commonly known as Morelli & Melvin, are at the…

Sir Russell Coutts talks about New Zealand’s pedal power and the America’s Cup

  • February 28, 2017

With less than three months to go until the start of the Louis Vuitton qualifiers…

Dubois in liquidation

Dubois Naval Architects Ltd goes into liquidation

  • February 23, 2017

Following the death of world-renowned British designer Ed Dubois last year, we are saddened to…

Gunboat 68

Gunboat 68 – the high octane luxury performance cruiser designed by VPLP

  • February 15, 2017

When Gunboat, the US company that created the luxury super-fast carbon catamaran range, went into…

Widow of murdered yachtsman fears her husband’s killers may not face trial

  • February 9, 2017

Three years after the death of British yachtsman Roger Pratt in St Lucia following a…

Third team confirmed for Volvo Ocean Race as Mapfre return, plus a new Australia stopover

  • January 31, 2017

Mapfre has confirmed their participation in this year’s Volvo Ocean Race, returning after their fourth-placed…

Francis Joyon and IDEC smash Jules Verne crewed round the world record with 26.8 knot average speed

  • January 26, 2017

Francis Joyon and his crew of Clément Surtel, Alex Pella, Bernard Stamm, Gwénolé Gahinet and…

Alex Thomson finishes the Vendée Globe 2016/7

Alex Thomson hailed by French for ‘magnificent 2nd’ in Vendée Globe but admits “It was brutal”

  • January 20, 2017

Alex Thomson finished the Vendée Globe solo round the world race in the biting cold of…

Armel Le Cléac'h at the finish of the Vendée Globe race

Dream finish for Armel Le Cléac’h as he conquers Vendée Globe race and pays tribute to rival Alex Thomson

  • January 19, 2017

France gained a new hero this afternoon when solo sailor Armel Le Cléac’h crossed the finish line of…

Alex Thomson aboard Hugo Boss, Vendee Globe 2016/7

Alex Thomson fighting exhaustion as electronics problems threaten Vendée Globe hopes

  • January 18, 2017

British sailor Alex Thomson has a fight on his hands to try to make up…

Alex Thomson racing, Vendee Globe 2016/7, in Hugo Boss

Alex Thomson and Armel Le Cléach battle for Vendée Globe record

  • January 17, 2017

When François Gabart won the Vendée Globe solo round the world race in 2013 at…

Alex Thomson sets new 24-hour speed record as he goes all-out in bid to overtake Vendée Globe leader

  • January 16, 2017

Vendée Globe racer Alex Thomson has set a new 24-hour solo monohull sailing record, sailing…

Vendée Globe showdown: can Alex Thomson beat his great French rival Armel Le Cléac’h?

  • January 15, 2017

After over 23,000 miles of racing, the two leaders of the Vendée Globe solo round…

Gavin Reid YJA award

Clipper sailor named Yachtsman of the Year for selfless act of bravery

  • January 11, 2017

Gavin Reid, 28, an amateur sailor who was born profoundly deaf, has beaten “his heroes”,…

It’s a record! Exceptional take up for 47th Rolex Fastnet Race

  • January 9, 2017

Entry into the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event, the Rolex Fastnet Race surpassed expectations…

The new Hugo Boss IMOCA Open 60 race yacht skippered by Alex Thomson. Credit: Lloyd Images/ AT Racing

What’s behind the design of Alex Thomson’s Vendée Globe racer Hugo Boss?

  • January 7, 2017

The 2016/7 Vendée Globe race will go down as one dominated by two very different…

Armel le Cléac’h, ‘The Jackal’: we profile the secretive leader of the Vendée Globe

  • January 2, 2017

In his home country, Armel Le Cléac’h’s triumph in the Vendée Globe is seen as…

Perpetual Loyal set a new course record in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2016

Third time lucky as Sydney Hobart Race record falls to supermaxi Perpetual Loyal

  • December 27, 2016

A new record for Rolex Sydney Hobart Race record has been set by the supermaxi…

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