The tightrope walker has slipped back but the British newcomers are looking flash
Elaine Bunting
Dee Caffari’s safety test
Find out how Dee Caffari rates one of the most important bits of safety kit this (or last) decade
Collision avoidance: Dee Caffari rates AIS
How useful is an AIS receiver on a yacht? Dee Caffari evaluates this safety breakthrough
Cheers to the French
They saved the innovative OSTAR proa from 1968 - and she's still sailing
Is this man chuffed, or what?
The yacht designer with the mostest right now
Things that go bump in the night
The Pindar girls scream to avoid a crashing visit in the TJV
Liferaft packs – would they save your life?
Is the emergency kit in a liferaft really up to saving your life? You don't sound optimistic
60ft of pure speed – fill your boots
Ridiculously tricked out with every go faster gadget and way faster than the wind
Open 60s desert Transat Jacques Vabre
This race is the last one the class is backing. What's the future for this great race?
Golding: leader of the pack
A lucky break for Golding as he leads the British charge in the Transat Jacques Vabre?
Au revoir to the TJV
The Open 60s are deserting this great race, and the Class 40 is set to take over
Mike Golding: on to a winner?
He's only sailed the new Ecover eight times. What are Golding's chances on a 4,000-mile race?
Who’s the grandaddy?
Mike Birch celebrates his 76th birthday - as he gets ready to race in the two-handed Transat Jacques Vabre
Nine days in a liferaft
The couple rescued after their keel fell off - and the liferaft kit that could have left them for dead
Nine days in a liferaft
The couple who survived nine days in a liferaft - no thanks to its emergency pack
Happy birthday, Mr Pindar
Celebrations for British ocean sailor's greatest supporter
Racing a Laser aged 80..
...and a bit. Pete Raymer is clearly a legend
Solo round the world one-design
A 52ft canting keeler round the world one-design for the fixed budget SolOceans race
Mr Pindar’s ocean racing academy
His half century marks 18 years of sponsorship. He's Britain's most prolific ocean racing supporter
Young pretenders
Two young newcomers cause a stir at the Transat Jacques Vabre