Girls for Sail are currently beautifying themselves in preparation for an imminent finish in St Lucia
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Golding wins Le Défi Atlantique
Mike Golding sailing Ecover has won Le Défi Atlantique, beating Vincent Riou by two hours and 43 minutes after 4,100 miles of extraordinary close racing
Shockwave wins Farr 40 at Rolex event
Neville Crichton's Team Shockwave has won the Farr 40 division in the Rolex Trophy Series
Ellen’s new boat almost ready for launching
Ellen MacArthur's new carbon-fibre, Nigel Irens-designed B&Q trimaran will be launched on Thursday
Van den Heede hits big winds
Having rounded Cape Horn last week, Jean luc van den Heede, on his fourth global record attempt, is now in the big depression-zone
Ecover takes second from Thomson
In the tricky, light conditions Mike Golding's upwind flyer Ecover has snatched second place from Alex Thomson's AT Racing
All change in le Defi Atlantique
During the last few hours Mike Golding has taken the lead and once again heads Le Defi Atlantique
Closer than close in Le Defi Atlantique
Vincent Riou has taken back the lead but the British duo of Alex Thomson and Mike Golding are going for the kill
Bertelli’s ACC comeback
A news story on cupineurope.com reveals that there's a 70 per cent chance that Patrizio Bertelli will now be at the 2007 America's Cup
Edwards puts Jules Verne on hold
Tracy Edwards and her crew have decided against another Jules Verne attempt in Maiden II next year in favour of preparing the boat for The Oryx Cup
Alinghi to host match racing event
Team Alinghi, winners of the America's Cup 2003, will host a new event, the UBS Trophy, Newport, Rhode Island next year
New Club Championship
Two keen dinghy sailors have spotted a gap in the dinghy event calendar and have combined resources to launch a national championship for clubs
Wind and wine aboard Berenice
In between squalls, Team Berenice are enjoying fine wine and good food
100 boats finished
The arrival of Alberto Larranaga's Moody 54 Dilema II today brought the number of ARC boats tied up in St Lucia to 100
90m mast ready for stepping
Mirabella V's 90m mast has been completed and once it's been dressed it'll be ready for stepping
Thomson takes control of Le Défi Atlantique
Alex Thomson has taken the lead from Vincent Riou on PRB in Le Défi Atlantique and, in doing so has, subject to ratification, set a new 24-hour speed record
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Dick continues to race
Jean-Pierre Dick whose yacht Virbac dismasted yesterday morning is continuing to race under jury rig
Van den Heede rounds Horn
Jean Luc van den Heede who set off from France on his fourth global record attempt in early November has just rounded Cape Horn
PWA World Freestyle champs finals
The Caribbean Island of Bonaire once again played host to an exciting week of freestyle windsurfing despite light winds