It's the 40th annual Weymouth Speed Week. I look back at inventions whacky and brilliant
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One-design tris: recipe for success?
The one-design MOD70s were dreamt up to revive offshore multihull racing. How are they faring?…
Vendée Globe obsession
Addicted skippers of the forthcoming Vendée Globe are scourgingly honest about this brutal race
Transatlantic deluge
A week after opening the entry list for the ARC rally in 2013 there are…
Miracle rescue off Gibraltar
A yacht crew spot a man overboard in the Gibraltar Strait and carry out this…
Our greatest explorer?
David Cowper's latest polar feat ranks alongside those of Franklin, McClure, Amundsen, Nansen and Bellot
Picking a bone with Ben Ainslie
Sailing should be taught at school, Ben thinks. I disagree. Athletes are disguising the true…
Olympics beach rat wrap
My time as a Weymouth Olympics beach rat had some failures but if there's one…
Francis Joyon: world’s fastest sailor
A profile of one of the most modest, skilful, seamanlike sailors ever, and a great…
Cheering the Olympic opposition
We may be backing Team GBR, but down on the beach at Weymouth sailing Olympics…
Olympic viewpoint: ‘Ben Nevis’
Wimbledon has Henman Hill. Now Weymouth has Ben Nevis and similar suggestions
Seaside sailing Olympics: Weymouth’s nailed it
Is a family day out to Weymouth during the Olympics worth it? My answer’s a…
Skipper of missing yacht ‘Berserk’ detained
Adventurer whose Antarctic expedition led to the loss of yacht and three crew is in…
Antarctic deaths: ‘enormous ramifications’
Loss of three yachtsmen on an expedition branded ‘a fiasco’ may have serious repercussions
Mike Perham: sailing’s next megastar?
The teenager's round the world record attempt is still very risky, but I'm marvelling at…