In more favourable winds the Vendée skippers are pushing south making around 12 knots
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Ben Ainslie named World Sailor of the Year
Ben Ainslie becomes first sailor to be awarded the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year three times
Vendée Globe: Seb Josse takes lead
Ellen MacArthur's team mate Seb Josse leads the Vendée Globe onboard BT
Photo of damage to Hugo Boss
A bigger job than first thought as strips of carbon are peeled from hull
Massive repairs for Jules Verne challenger
Repairing damage to the giant trimaran Groupama 3 amounts to most of a new build
America’s Cup: BMW Oracle Excluded
As BMW Oracle is excluded from talks, spokesman Tom Ehman posts a reminder as to the key points in the argument
America’s Cup: Meanwhile in Switzerland….
33rd America's Cup teams reach consensus on rules governing the event
Vendee Globe: Alex Thomson taking on water
Alex has discovered a crack on the port side of the hull and is returning to Les Sables d'Olonne
Portimão Global Race: Roaring Forty breakage
Leading solo sailor Michel Kleinjans has had to slow down en route to Cape Town
Hugo Boss: flesh wound or fatal blow?
Hugo Boss might be repairable, but do the cracks go deeper?
Vendee Globe: Desjoyeaux turns back
Guillemot still leads, Caffari is highest placed Brit in seventh, and a third Frenchman turns back
Vendée Globe: Pindar given time penalty
Race committee decree Brian Thompson must stop for four hours
Rush to repair Stamm’s boat
A mad scramble under a tent of tarpaulins to get the solo skipper back out to sea
Lucky escape for Stamm
Solo sailor Bernard Stamm had AIS track data on the ship he hit last night
America’s Cup: Alinghi wins AC Class in Valencia
Alinghi, Luna Rossa, TeamOrigin and Desafío Español race CNEV's annual regatta in Valencia
Hard first night for Vendee fleet
Headwinds of 30 knots and 6 metre seas greeted the Vendee Globe fleet as they left France
Wide load
Look at the span of these two massive wingrigs
High emotions at Vendée departure
Pride, sadness and trepidation show as British skippers leave to race round the world
Vendée Globe: Caffari gets scorching start
Dee Caffari's brilliant start of the solo round the world race is the talk of the town
Ellen: new Vendée ambitions?
Ellen admits to a feeling of envy at the Vendée Globe and hints she'll be back