The VOR is hotting up on the drag race south. ABN AMRO still holds the lead but Brasil 1 overtakes Ericsson

Steve Hayles, navigator aboard Ericsson, with latest from the top end of the VOR fleet

Brendan West with his first account of life aboard the Farr 65 Spirit of Juno during the first 24 hours of the ARC

Alec Lochore reports from the ARC aboard the Swan 48 Azure

Mike Sanderson and VOR team aboard ABN AMRO have scored 3.5 points for passing first scoring gate

Caffari departs

Solo yachtswoman Dee Caffari begins voyage to take round the world 'first'

The Ellen MacArthur Trust is to be the new official charity of Skandia Cowes Week

Local windshifts give the ARC fleets a welcome lift across the line, but forecast south-westerlies suggest this may not be a trade winds passage

Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron beat Roland Jourdain and Ellen MacArthur in close race to TJV finish

Ecover finishes TJV

Mike Golding and Dominique Wavre aboard Ecover crossed the Transat Jacques Vabre finish line in Salvador de Bahia at 1446hrs this afternoon

Ericsson Jason Carrington reflects on a wild first week

Brendan West, watch leader on Spirit of Juno, reports from Las Palmas on the eve of the start of the ARC

Mike Sanderson and team aboard the Dutch VOR yacht ABN AMRO 1 are nearly 80 miles ahead after six days at sea

Paul Cayard reports on the damage suffered to Black Pearl on day one of the Volvo Ocean Race

Juan Kouyoumdjian - ABN AMRO 1's designer - believes that from an engineering or scientific point of view there's no limit that would ensure boats not to break at VOR…

Have race organisers and class authorities pushed the limits too far by relying on modern day communications to pick up the pieces?

Geronimo heads for finish

Olivier de Kersauson's 110ft trimaran is on the final approach to the finish of her Los Angeles Honolulu Challenge record

Flanagan’s latest log

Round the world adventurer Adrian Flanagan with the latest from the Atlantic

Open 60s approach TJV finish

With just 26 miles between Open 60s Virbac and Sill the stage is set for an exciting finish later tonight

Geronimo – 800 miles to finish

Olivier de Kersauson's 110ft trimaran is just 800 miles from the finish of the Los Angeles Honolulu Challenge record attempt