What could possibly tempt top professional sailors to join a round the world race?
Elaine Bunting
Youngest rivals?
Two teenagers aiming to sail alone round the world - but different records
Chased by dolphins
Vendée Globe solo sailor gets spectacular send-off
Action man
Extreme windsurfing: the perfect way to train for a round the world race?
Teenager plans solo voyage
Mike Perham, 16, has a steep learning curve ahead to go round the world non-stop on his own in November
New term begins
...and it's time to revive the wilting blog
Southampton: an uneasy mood?
An absence of croissants and BOGOF puddles: was Friday a gloomy financial forecast?
Bottoms up
Cheers for a memorable award
Pindar shows her heels
The super-powerful but ill-fated new Pindar finally shows what she can do by winning her comeback race
It’s pants at Skandia Cowes Week
Why lucky knickers are all the rage
Tumbleweed in Antigua
After Antigua Sailing Week - deserted!
Pete Goss’s daring voyage
A Southern Ocean voyage that puts modern races in the shade is in the offing
Why Peyron plays Purcell
Loick Peyron likes to play Purcell and Handel's Messiah at sea - to warn off whales
Leopard and the ‘sail-powered motorboat’ record
Why reviving the Atlantic 'powered' record is a step backwards and nothing to boast about
Soldini celebrates total supremacy
Giovanni Soldini's dominance of the Class 40 fleet of the Artemis Transat make it a superb showcase
Loick Peyron reflects on historic Transat win
Why going slower is harder work than a faster boat...
Peyron wins by going slower
Going slower is harder work, reveals Loick Peyron, grand master of solo sailing
Guillemot finishes Artemis Transat despite injuries
Solo sailor crosses the line in Boston still nursing a broken rib
Stopping the killing
Can't something be done to prevent yachts injuring and killing marine creatures?
North Atlantic ‘teeming with life’
Are unsually light winds the cause of so many marine wildlife sightings?