After 38 days at sea Orange II, Bruno Peyron's 120ft maxi catamaran, is now 10 days ahead of Steve Fossett's record

Brian Thompson, skipper aboard the Oryx Quest yacht Doha 2006 sent this latest report from deep in the Southern Ocean

Global Challenge round-up

BP Explorer and Barclays Adventurer are racing neck and neck under spinnaker on Leg 4 towards Tasmania

The crew of Geronimo have been able to assess the nature and extent of the latest damage to the trimaran's front crossbeam and have decided to retire

Will Oxley - navigator aboard Doha 2006 - with thoughts on icebergs, and how to avoid them

Follow Fossett

See how far he's got on his non-stop solo round the world flight

Doha 2006 has a 1,298-mile lead over Cheyenne but fleet but prepares for tricky time ahead on approach to the Horn

Vince Horey and Vyv Townend win 34th Hoo Freezer event

Doha 2006 has picked up its first piece of silverware in the Oryx Quest 2005 by winning the Amundsen Trophy for the first boat to cross 163° West longitude

A young Sydney crew led by rookie 18ft Skiff skipper Euan Mc Nicol won the Ssangyong JJ Giltinan International 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour yesterday