Ellen MacArthur and Giles Chichester aboard Sir Francis Chichester's famous vessel, Gipsy Moth IV have officially opened Skandia Cowes Week 2005

Ellen MacArthur and Giles Chichester aboard Sir Francis Chichester's famous vessel, Gipsy Moth IV have officially opened Skandia Cowes Week 2005

Reving up for Cowes Week

David Coulthard and Davina McCall are among the celebrities taking part in next week's special Open 60 round the island race at Skandia Cowes Week

Stars prepare for battle

Some of the biggest names in sailing are getting geared up to sail head to head during Skandia Cowes Week with the objective of raising funds for Sail 4 Cancer

Swans in Newport

The 39 Swans completed a memorable distance race on the third day of the Rolex Swan American Regatta yesterday

The National 18 class will be the first to hold a major international dinghy championship at Britain's 2012 Olympic Sailing Centre

Danish sailors take top four places during the fifth race of the OK world championship

Another win yesterday puts Fabien Henry and team aboard Toulon Provence Mediterrannee CoycHyères well ahead of the Tour de France à la Voile

The maxi experience

The thrill of big boat racing was sampled by a group of disabled sailors on Saturday aboard the maxi yacht Skandia Wild Thing

A total of 240 boats have descended on Grafham Water for the 2005 National Schools Sailing Association (NSSA) regatta this week

British sailor Nick Craig leads after day one pf the OK world championship in Denmark

The Fat Face RS700 Eurocup started in La Rochelle yesterday

Skandia Cowes Juice

Skandia crews to benefit from new drink created by the University of Aberdeen

Team Holmatro will be the first of the Volvo Extreme 40 teams to be launched and today have revealed the striking graphics of their new 40ft sports catamaran

Team Holmatro will be the first of the Volvo Extreme 40 teams to be launched and today have revealed the striking graphics of their new 40ft sports catamaran.

The Channel Race, the last RORC race for the Puma Logic crew before the Fastnet at the beginning of August, was full of many surprises. Jo Cackett - our Fastnet…