Elaine Bunting

Find out how Dee Caffari rates one of the most important bits of safety kit this (or last) decade

They saved the innovative OSTAR proa from 1968 - and she's still sailing

The Open 60s are deserting this great race, and the Class 40 is set to take over

Mike Birch celebrates his 76th birthday - as he gets ready to race in the two-handed Transat Jacques Vabre

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

Two young newcomers cause a stir at the Transat Jacques Vabre