UKSA are running free crew selection days for young sailors to be part of the Yacht Racing Academy 22/2/07

Conrad Humphreys launches the Blue Climate and Oceans Project in Plymouth 22/2/07

12-part series covering the Velux 5 Oceans starts this Sunday on Channel 4 - 22/2/07

After eight and a half days at sea Adele arrived in Rio late last night and we were soon ashore for a taste of the local firewater!

Velux 5-Ocean Race competitor Robin Knox-Johnston is back on the racecourse. Here's his latest log 21/2/07

Light winds continue to hamper Tony Bullimore's circumnavigation record attempt 21/2/07

World's top women match racers head to JPMorgan Asset Management Women's Winter Challenge Final this weekend 21/2/07

We've had a gale overnight, water in the cockpit and we're down to a staysail and reefed mizzen… and we've seen a ship! Someone's out there afterall…

Graham Dalton joins Robin Knox-Johnston to repair broken mainsail headcar in 5-Oceans Race 20/2/07

La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro 2007 attracts big numbers including two British sailors 20/2/07

Merlin Rocket wins last weekend's 36th Hoo Freezer 20/2/07

Knox-Johnston under tow

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston rounds Cape Horn but pulls into Ushuaia to carry out essential repairs 19/2/07

Bernard Stamm is 2,000 miles ahead in Velux 5-Oceans Race but hits light spot off coast of Brazil 19/2/07

If he did this all again, what would Jan-Eric Osterlund change aboard Adele? I talked to him over breakfast this morning on a fantastic sailing day as we thundered along…

I've been remiss in not introducing readers of this blog to exactly who is on board Adele

After a starlit and unfortunately windless night, Saturday dawns with a glassy calm and temperatures (water and air) soaring onto the high 20s