The 70 Mini Transat teams are this morning currently preparing their yachts for this afternoon's start of the second leg of the race

The first ever tall ships match race will take place off Portsmouth on 27-28 October

The Clipper 2002 Round the World Yacht Race fleet set off at 0600 from Jersey this morning for their final 600-mile sprint to the Liverpool finish

Emma Richards has been signed as an Ambassador for the HSBC Education Trust for the next three years

The Sail 4 Cancer charity raised a total of £15,000 during this year's Skandia Cowes Week

Ben Ainslie has won the Finn class at the ISAF world championship in Cadiz and 49er sailors Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks have taken gold with a day to spare

Great Britain finished top nation today, in front of Australia and France, on the final day of the sailing world championships in Cadiz

British sailors Shirley Robertson, Sarah Webb and Sarah Ayton are the first members of the British Olympic Team 2004

Great Britain's Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks pulled out a useful eight-point lead at the end of qualifying in the 49er world championship in Cadiz

Martin Wadhams, Amanda Davies and Claire Upton-Brown were the overall winners of the K6 national championship which concluded yesterday

Don't miss the first two showings of Lonely Planet, the official documentary of The Around Alone on Sky Sports 2 tonight

A new catamaran for the disabled has been launched at the Southampton Boat Show.

The Gul K6 national championship is currently taking place in Falmouth and Team Wadhams has taken an initial lead

The second day of the Laser world championship took place yesterday and Gustavo Lima from Portugal held on to his overall lead

Moet Cup

Today will see the final showdown between the America's Cup finalists as they go head to head in the last day's racing at the Moet Cup

The Sibello brothers surge into the lead after day one demolition derby. Andy Rice report from the world championship in Cadiz