Hundreds of rally participants gathered together in Muelle Deportivo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria last weekend to join in the official ARC opening ceremony
Yachting World
Geronimo on target for record
Olivier de Kersauson's 110ft trimaran, Geronimo, is on target for Los Angeles to Honolulu record
Virbac retains Open 60 TJV lead
Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron on Virbac-Paprec retain Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA lead through doldrums
Soldini and Malingri rescued
Transat Jacques Vabre competitors Giovanni Soldini and Vittorio Malingri were rescued from the stricken ORMA 60 trimaran TIM Progetto Italia last night
Flanagan crosses Biscay
Round the world adventurer Adrian Flanagan crosses Bay of Biscay off his list
Brasil 1 takes overnight VOR lead
Brasil 1 (Torben Grael), the very first entry from Brazil in the Volvo Ocean Race, has moved into the lead overnight
Movistar update
Team movistar are currently nearing the south Portuguese coast. Here's their latest report
Ericsson crew take dip
Ericsson navigator Steve Hayles reported that they had stopped the boat in the water and crew members Jason Carrington and Richard Mason were in the water cutting away ropes from…
Fire aboard VOR yacht
A fire aboard ABN AMRO ONE was caused by rogue bolt
Olympic classes at Warsash
2005 RYA National Rankers wind up at Warsash
TIM Progetto Italia capsizes
Transat Jacques Vabre sailors Giovanni Soldini and Vittorio Malingri have capsized 400m south-west of Dakar
Hamble Winter Series
Competitors experienced their first chill of winter in yesterday's fifth event in the Garmin Hamble Winter Series
Roxy TJV news
Miranda Merron and Anne Liardet with the latest Transat Jacques Vabre weekend news from aboard the Open 60 Roxy
Geronimo crosses start line
Geronimo back on track in the Los Angeles Honolulu Challenge record attempt
Sill retakes TJV lead
Roland Jourdain and Ellen MacArthur have sneaked back into the lead ahead of Jean Pierre Dick on Virbac
Drama on Leg 1
Movistar and Pirates forced to head for Portugal after overnight problems
Broken gooseneck aboard Aus VOR entry
Campbell Field, navigator aboard the Australian VOR entry Sunergy and Friends, sent this report earlier today
Volvo Leg 1 Start
The Volvo Ocean Race starts in tricky conditions but big breezes lay ahead
Moloney VOR preview
Australian Nick Moloney, who has been working on the Pirates of the Caribbean Volvo Ocean Race project as consultant coach to the team, previews the VOR
Setting The Pace
What's in store for the opening days of the 2005/6 Volvo Ocean Race? Matthew Sheahan reports from the dockside on the eve of the start