Just what happened over the weekend?

Links to all the weekend News, Features and Results

Ted Rogers and Tim Burks (USA 1104) at the International14 Worlds.

Back in the office - time to catch up with the sailing news that we posted over the weekend

Well, Peter Bentley's article questioning the performance of Lisa MacDonald's team and the reply from Susie Westmacott triggered a nerve in readers around the world, male and female alike. Many of you feel that a VO 60 is not a boat on which men and women can compete on an equal footing. But what if the girls had had the preparation time and budget of say illbruck? What do you think?

Meanwhile in the Volvo, the boats were back up to Southern Ocean speeds and Kostecki's team took advantage of the wipe out of Gunnar Krantz's SEB.

In Bermuda the International 14s finally got back on the water when Hurricane Olga shifted, we have the results and the action photos.

In Sydney the RYA took home the Hardy Cup, while over in New Zealand GBR Challenge get a visit from Ol' Two Jags.

We had some great responses to Bentley's Block Review and some high-profile comment on the 'my-boat's-faster-than-yours-under-IRC' debate.

Flying Fifteen World Champion Charles Apthorp says adopting carbon technology for the venerable keelboat would be wrong, but wasn't it the Fifteen's designer, Uffa Fox, who said the only good place for weight was in a steamroller?

Also In Sydney the JPMorgan finished and after the Super Skiff series it's the NSW Champs.

That brings you up to speed - have a good week at madforsailing.com