First IMOCA 60 home in the New York-Vendee (Les Sables d'Olonne)

Maitre CoQ and Edmond de Rothschild overhaul Hugo Boss in the New York-Vendee (Les Sables d'Olonne)

Temporary respite for Alex Thomson's 36 hour beating in the New York-Vendee (Les Sables d'Olonne) race

40-50 knot winds for Hugo Boss in the New York-Vendee IMOCA 60-athon

Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss still ahead in the New York – Vendée (Les Sables d’Olonne) Race

Alex Thomson takes the lead in the New York-Vendee solo IMOCA 60 transatlantic race

'Classic' east coast start as 13 of the 14 IMOCA 60 fleet sets off into the Atlantic

The new IMOCA 60 foiling fleet (and others) will set sail from the Big Apple on Sunday

The latest viral video stunt from Alex Thomson and Hugo Boss

Strong turn-out for the IMOCA Ocean Masters Vendee Globe warm-up

First video from Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss team

More than 30 skippers gunning for the 2016 Vendee Globe

Alex Thomson and Guillermo Altadill are winched off their floundering IMOCA 60 + video

Further casualties in the Transat Jacques Vabre

Big conditions take their toll in the Transat Jacques Vabre

Forestay problems for Maitre CoQ as the Transat Jacques Vabre fleet braces itself

But it is a case of 'calm before the storm' for the Transat Jacques Vabre fleet

Latest sailing shots of Alex Thomson's latest IMOCA 60 beast

Plus a wealth of rugby celebs

German car manufacturer to back Alex Thomson's Ocean Masters IMOCA 60 campaign

New race from New York agreed at IMOCA AGM

The Garcia brothers complete their Barcelona World Race

Cheminees Poujoulat crawling to the finish in the Barcelona World Race

Cheminees Poujoulat due to complete the Barcelona World Race on Wednesday

Cheminees Poujoulat passes Gibraltar in the Barcelona World Race

As the Doldrums proves sticky for the mid-fleet in the Barcelona World Race

40 knot gusts upwind for Cheminees Poujoulat in the Barcelona World Race

Four days to Gibraltar for Barcelona World Race leader