An eventful night sees a change in lead and the only female competitor dismast
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Vendée Globe: catastrophic risks
Serious keel and rig failures have plagued this race, but designers say their suggestions of a solution wasn’t taken up by skippers. "We could have sorted this years ago"
Vendee Globe: two out and one heading back
Never a quiet moment for the 18 remaining skippers, who still have shipping and fishing boats to contend with
AC72: first sail for Artemis
The Swedish team take to the water for the first time in light winds
J.P. Morgan Asset Management extends sponsorship
Round the Island Race confirms that J.P. Morgan will sponsor race for a further two years
EU plan thwarted
RYA vows to stamp out Dutch MEP's proposal for boat registration, licensing and regular checks
Vendée Globe: cruel luck?
A keel has fallen off, another boat has collided with a fishing boat. I take a look at the complications these skippers may face
Pushing south to stay with breeze
After a fast passage across the Bay of Biscay, the Vendée Globe leading group are passing the Portuguese coast at good speed
A Foiling Breakthrough?
A British team of rocket scientists reveal their answer to safe foiling offshore
Windsurfing Back in Olympics
Kiteboarding is out and windsurfing back in for the 2020 Games
Vendée Globe: collision mars start
Bertrand de Broc limps back to port with damage while 19 skippers get a lumpy start on their round-the-world marathon
Vendée Globe: tearful goodbyes
The choking emotion of leaving loved ones sums up the privations and real risks these solo sailors face
IMOCA 60s: A French Revolution?
The solo class has signed over all their commercial rights to a company set up by Britain's Sir Keith Mills. Is a revolution ahead?
Sevenstar back Round Britain
Sevenstar are to sponsor the RORC Round Britain & Ireland Race in 2014
How to follow the Vendée Globe
Here is everything you need to know to follow the race start
Britain’s Sam Davies wins hearts
The only woman racing in the Vendée Globe, Samantha Davies is hugely popular in France. Could she replicate this back home?
Who’ll win the Vendée Globe?
I take a look at the field for the solo round the world race and pick my best bets
Artemis Racing launches AC72
After a two week delay to undertake repairs, the Swedish Challenger is finally launched in San Francisco
First Clipper 70 arrives in UK
The 12 new Clipper Race yachts will create the world's biggest matched fleet of large ocean racing yachts
Steve Jobs’s iYacht
A high-tech superyacht is launched posthumously for the co-founder of Apple