Repairing damage to the giant trimaran Groupama 3 amounts to most of a new build
Elaine Bunting
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
Vendée fever
Almost half a million visitors have come to see the Vendée Globe boats - it's the human stories that are the draw
Pindar worries the French
The word is that the dark horse of the race has Mich Desjoyeaux worried
Wheels of fashion
Is the old-fashioned idea of genoa skirting wheels running amok in the Vendée fleet?
Niggling rigging trouble
Last minute problems and worries for Alex Thomson
60-footer hits 52 knots
See the big French trimaran foiler chasing a new outright speed record
A very big turn-out
Quite a sight as 1,900 yachts start the Barcolana Race
Feeling the pinch?
The super-rich are feeling a lot less rich this week. What's the fall out for superyachts?
Stealth tactics
A good new idea for ocean races is given an improved twist