No pineapples, please

Fellow Global Challenge skippers try to cheer Eero Lehtinen up and he vows a comeback

As the Global Challenge fleet heads towards Waypoint Bravo, Imagine. It Done leads the pack after BP Explorer decides to go south

Clive Cosby, skipper of the Global Challenge yacht Team Stelmar sent yachtingworld.com his latest thoughts from the middle of the Southern Ocean

John Stewart and Giles Mackie are probably the most southerly Irishmen in the world: they're celebrating St Patrick's Day aboard leading Global Challenge yacht BP Explorer

The skipper and three core crew members for TEAM ABN AMRO's second boat in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005/06 was announced in Paris yesterday.

At 02.23 this morning Bruno Peyron and team crossed the finish line at Ushant setting a new world speed record of 50 days

British sailors progress to VOR finals

Two out of three Volvo RYA Keelboat Team Members have progressed through to the final trials for the eight places onboard the TEAM ABN AMRO Youth Boat for the VOR

Orange countdown

Bruno Peyron's 120ft maxi cat, Orange II, will complete her round the world record attempt in less than 24 hours

The RYA has extended the deadline for expressions of interest for the 'big boat' class in the Admiral's Cup

Brian Thompson and team aboard Doha 2006 are shredding the planet, sailing the South Atlantic in 500 mile-a-day chunks. Thompson sent this report

In winds of 30kts tonight Orange II is continuing to make excellent progress and should cross the Ushant finish line between midnight and 0500

Agonising pain has forced Eero Lehtinen, the 40-year-old Finnish skipper of Global Challenge yacht SAIC, to hand over the reins

Karen Leibovici's finish at 20 hours 04 minutes and 20 seconds GMT yesterday marked the end of the 2004/5 edition of the Vendee Globe

Orange set for under 51 days

The maxi-catamaran Orange II should complete its round the world tomorrow night with a time of approximately 50 days 10 hours

Bruno Peyron and team aboard the maxi-cat Orange II are now 12 days ahead of the Jules Verne and could still set a new record of under 50 days