Ellen MacArthur was welcomed by thousands of well wishers yesterday as she navigated the 75ft trimaran B&Q up the Thames

2000 Giltinan champion John Harris (Rag & Famish Hotel) now shares the lead with Hugh Stodart's Asko Appliances after Heat 1 resail

Lindsay Irwin and Andrew Perry win protest which lifted them to 10th in the last race - enough for an overall championship win

British Star boys settle for second overall at world championship in Buenos Aires

Golding the hero

British Vendee Globe Mike Golding received a rapturous reception as he returned to Southampton yesterday

Humphreys takes seventh

Conrad Humphreys crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe in the early hours of this morning

A split in the forward starboard beam has been detected aboard Geronimo as she heads round the world on the Oryx Quest

Vendee Globe sailor Mike Golding will return to Southampton tomorrow

New race for Antigua Sailing Week

Competitors at this year's Antigua Sailing Week 2005 (April 24-30) will have the chance to compete in the event's first ever Around Island Race

Simon le Bon keen for Drum reunion

Simon Le Bon is planning a comeback aboard Drum during this year's Fastnet. An exclusive yachtingworld.com news story by David Glenn

Competitors at this year's Antigua Sailing Week will have the chance to compete in the event's first ever Around Island Race

Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell report on their successful day on the racecourse in Buenos Aires today

Although the Australian team of Irwin and Perry lead the International 14 worlds there are three British teams in with chance of overall victory

Defending champion Rob Greenhalgh (RMW Marine) and his crew of Dan Johnson and Peter Greenhalgh won the Invitation race of the Ssangyong Giltinan Championship on Sydney Harbour today

The Orange II - currently 2,026 nm ahead of the Jules Verne record, and 2,160 nm ahead of the outright record - is about to enter the ice zone

Oryx Quest Cup news

Brian Thompson, skipper aboard the Oryx Quest yacht Doha 2006, sent yachtingworld.com his latest report