After months of painstaking preparation, Mirabella V has her 300ft mast stepped in Southampton. Matthew Sheahan reports from the dockside

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…

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

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

Orange II, Bruno Peyron's new Multiplast-built, racing machine was launched yesterday in France

Despite the big winds and rough seas, Jean Luc van den Heede is now eight days ahead of his global challenge time