After months of painstaking preparation, Mirabella V has her 300ft mast stepped in Southampton. Matthew Sheahan reports from the dockside
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Skandia takes Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours
The Australian super maxi, skippered by owner Grant Wharington, crossed the finish line with an elapsed time of 2:15:14:06 for the 628nm Tasman Sea crossing.
Yendys heads Rolex IMS handicap
The Sydney 52-footer Yendys is currently still the overall handicap leader in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Race
Light winds for Rolex finish
The business end of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race is fast approaching for race leaders Skandia and Zana but the light breeze off the Tasmanian coast is going to make…
Indec Merit and Prowler fight for Indec line honours
Like the Rolex Sydney Hobart race fleet, the Indec Melbourne to Hobart fleet is suffering with light airs. Indec Merit is currently leading Prowler by eight miles
Aint Misbehavin: down but not out
Twenty-four hours into the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race everything's being going wrong for the struggling Aint Misbehavin team. But they're up and running again and set to show the fleet…
Spies heads IMS div in Rolex
Michael Spies, holder of the race record for the Rolex Sydney Yacht Race, has his eyes firmly on his first overall handicap win in the grand prix IMS handicap division
Sydney Hobart start
A huge amount of spectator boats and hundreds of thousands of people packed Sydney Harbour's foreshores today to watch a classic spinnaker start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart race
Grundig AAPT snatches Rolex lead
While the two 98-footers Zana and Skandia have been fighting it out offshore this afternoon, the 66-footer Grundig AAPT sailed her own race inshore and has slipped into the lead…
Keg on the line in Melbourne to Hobart race
The crew of Indec Merit, competing in Saturday's Indec Consulting Melbourne to Hobart Race, have thrown down the gauntlet to Nokia competing in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race
Aint Misbehavin crew bear gifts!
As well as preparing for the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart race tomorrow the crew of Aint Misbehavin have been celebrating Christmas, big style
Racing for free
Royal Temple Yacht Club has thrown its doors open for the Spring Series in April
Women to race for Breast Cancer Foundation
Alison Thompson and Jakki Moores competing in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Race are hoping to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation
Novice Sailors to compete in Rolex Sydney Hobart
The novice crew crew aboard Aint Misbehavin are preparing for their big race
Rolex Sydney Hobart prepares for light start
A light, downwind start is the current forecast for the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race on Boxing Day
Orange II launched
Orange II, Bruno Peyron's new Multiplast-built, racing machine was launched yesterday in France
Sydney Hobart veteran to fire start gun
87-year-old Gordon Elliot who sailed the inaugural Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will fire the starting gun at this year's Rolex event
Van den Heede eight days ahead
Despite the big winds and rough seas, Jean Luc van den Heede is now eight days ahead of his global challenge time
Sydney International Regatta wrap-up
A total of 226 boats took part in the SIR which concluded yesterday
Peyron teams up with Orange
Orange France has officially announced its partnership with Bruno Peyron