Trophee Coralia - offshore race cancelled

Gale force winds force organisers to stop the fully-crewed Open 60s from their short dash across the Channel

After suffering at the sharp end of Kingfisher on Monday, Ian Walker was no doubt relieved that the offshore race across the Channel to Shoreham was cancelled by the organisers of the Trophee Coralia.

Ellen MacArthur has been racing with Walker and fellow America's Cup sailor Simon Fry in her first outing since the end of her epic Vendee Globe voyage.