Bianchetti and Hatfield win their respective classes in the prologue, and the public come to view the fleet

With sub tropical storm Gustav passing close by overnight there was plenty of wind in the dinghy park on the first morning of the Laser world championship yesterday

Competitiors are rolling up to the Inaugural Laser SB3 national championship at Warsash Sailing Club which starts today

Big boats battle in San Francisco Bay

The St. Francis Yacht Club's Big Boat Series presented by Rolex kicked off a seven-race series on San Francisco Bay yesterday in an 18-knot breeze

The Moody 64, the new flagship of the Moody Yachts International range, made its debut this morning at the Southampton Boat Show

Roberto Ferrero's Swan 48 Solenia II was the overall winner of yesterday's Deutsche Bank Private Banking race day at the Swan World Cup

Tall ship experience for students

Forty-eight schoolchildren from all over the UK will set sail from Cardiff on Tuesday 17 September for the voyage of a lifetime aboard the tall ship Stavros S Niarchos

Thierry Dubois is confident in his boat and preparations for Around Alone. Could this finally be his race?

Another 60ft trimaran has lost her rig, making it the sixth this season alone. What's going on?

Challenge fleet rides out hurricane

Hurricane Gustav passed over the Challenge Transat fleet last night. BP skipper Alex Johnson on surviving 78 knots of true wind and 35ft seas

Graham Dalton has a start to silence the critics on the opener to Around Alone - and watch out for Derek Hatfield, the Canadian Mountie in the Open 40

Geronimo fast, but not fast enough

Despite knocking almost 23 hours off the time set by Steve Fossett and Orange, the previous round Britain and Ireland record holders, Olivier de Kersauson was unable to match Maiden…

Emma Richards, a dark horse in the Around Alone fleet, talks frankly about the prospects in her biggest race to date

After a breezy day's sailing last Saturday, competitors at the RS400/600 open meeting at Stone SC were unable to race on the Sunday due to lack of wind

A small but competitive fleet turned out for the National 12 open meeting at Kipford last weekend