If solo sailors are so in tune with the sea, how come they don't seem to recognise any of their fellow travellers?
Elaine Bunting
Grizzled old fossils
Out with the old and in with the new at Yachting Monthly???
Vendée Globe: Injury a worry for Dee Caffari
Entry to the Southern Ocean hangs in the balance as Dee fights knee injury
ARC 2008: off to a gentle start
Perfect conditions for the start of the transatlantic rally but this year the fleet needs to get south
Vendée Globe: Week 2 round-up
Elaine Bunting reviews the last week in the Vendée Globe and the groups that are clearly emerging
Alex Thomson: no time for tears
Alex Thomson sounded less upset yesterday than after the fishing boat collision. Is this why?
Vendée Globe: Week 1 round-up
Elaine Bunting reviews the first week of the solo round the world race, and analyses what lies ahead
Hugo Boss: flesh wound or fatal blow?
Hugo Boss might be repairable, but do the cracks go deeper?
Massive repairs for Jules Verne challenger
Repairing damage to the giant trimaran Groupama 3 amounts to most of a new build
Rush to repair Stamm’s boat
A mad scramble under a tent of tarpaulins to get the solo skipper back out to sea
Lucky escape for Stamm
Solo sailor Bernard Stamm had AIS track data on the ship he hit last night
Vendée Globe: Pindar given time penalty
Race committee decree Brian Thompson must stop for four hours
Wide load
Look at the span of these two massive wingrigs
High emotions at Vendée departure
Pride, sadness and trepidation show as British skippers leave to race round the world
Vendée Globe: Caffari gets scorching start
Dee Caffari's brilliant start of the solo round the world race is the talk of the town
Ellen: new Vendée ambitions?
Ellen admits to a feeling of envy at the Vendée Globe and hints she'll be back
Saying no to more cheese
Vendée Globe skipper Steve White turns down the chance of a historic world first
Biscay storm for Vendée start
First blooding for the solo round the race will claim some early victims says Mike Golding
Nick Moloney at the helm
His new charge makes solo sailing unthinkable - for now
Vendée Globe – the British prospects
On Sunday, six British solo sailors start the round the world race in some cracking new Open 60s. We look at their chances