More than 30 skippers gunning for the 2016 Vendee Globe

Elies and Beyou favourites for this year's La Solitaire du Figaro as Nick Cherry tells of his Redshift campaign

We scoot around the 43 strong fleet

We look at developments within and the competing boats racing France's most historic solo oceanic race

We look at the giant trimaran setting sail singlehanded across the North Atlantic

Nikki Curwen has acquired a new Proto and is firing on all cylinders

Top British solo sailor intends to use a Figaro campaign in 2014 to jump up to greater things...

Yann Guichard on Spindrift 2's ambitious Route du Rhum and transatlantic record campaigns

Sole British competitor Pip Hare tells of her Mini Transat

Lone British competitor Pip Hare tells of her campaign and the latest about this year's race

Project Manager and skipper Ned Collier Wakefield shows us around the innovative Jason Ker Class40

Another winning ticket for thedailysail in this year's Artemis Challenge on Francois Gabart's Vendee Globe winner

We look at the battle of the three hulled titans in the Rolex Fastnet Race

Lionel Lemonchois and VPLP's Quentin Lucet tell us about the transformation of the Sodebo ORMA 60 into the Prince de Bretagne 80

Ace router Jean-Yves Bernot talks us through Joyon's west to east solo transatlantic record

The Artemis Offshore Academy's Jack Bouttell and Ed Hill discuss the big event

Sam Goodchild, Nick Cherry and Henry Bomby share their techniques and tales

Repeat customers Sam Goodchild, Nick Cherry and Henry Bomby look forward to La Solitaire du Figaro