Could racing a supersized beach cat be the way to sharpen skills for a solo race round the world? Conrad Humphreys thinks so. He explains why to Elaine Bunting

One race, three victories and a thrilling finish to Louis Vuitton Act 9 in Sicily

New tactics at the back have fired the entire Shosholoza team further up the results than they'd dared to expect

Day 1 of Act 9 provided some explosive action on the opening day of fleet racing in Trapani

The opening races of the Garmin Hamble Winter Series hosted by Hamble River Sailing Club take place this weekend

Match racers head to Weymouth

This weekend 12 of Britain's best Match Racing teams will head to the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy for the RYA National Match Racing Final

Bronze for Britain at ISAF Team Racing World Championship in New York

Budding young sailors enjoy great racing at the RYA Zone Championships held around the country last weekend

The final event in the Phoenix Marine Laser 3000 Class Travellers Trophy Series took place at Langstone last weekend

A total of 105 29ers from 11 countries took part in four events across Europe this summer

The 2005 Red Funnel Cowes Keelboat Championship drew to a close with the prizegiving at the Royal Yacht Squadron on Saturday

Twenty knots of winds and big waves at Fortaleza, Brazil gave the 180 Laser master sailors some challenging rides at the opening day of the Laser World Masters

Then sort it all out in the afternoon. An extraordinary day afloat for the last day of Louis Vuitton Act 8

Up to 13 of the world's finest Superyachts are expected in Palma, Spain next week for the Superyacht Cup

Golding and Wavre qualify for TJV

Mike Golding and co-skipper Dominique Wavre have completed their 600-mile qualifying passage for the doublehanded Transat Jacques Vabre

The crew of the VO70 movistar was given a full medical check in Sanxenso, to certify their fitness just over a month before the start of the Volvo Ocean Race