The Daily Sail meteorologist Libby Greenhalgh makes her predictions

Just landed in Madiera Karine Fauconnier spoke to The Daily Sail about the demolition of her 60ft trimaran

Dana Paxton look back at the protest filled racing in the Bahamasa

We speak to Groupama skipper Franck Cammas about his capsize and the demolition of the 60ft trimaran fleet

BT Global Challenge winner Conrad Humphreys recounts the dismasting of his Open 40 in the Route du Rhum

Battered and bruised but landed in Cape Town after 30 days of solo racing

A selection of the best images from this weeks racing

James Boyd spoke to Miranda Merron about the Route du Rhum - her first singlehanded handed offshore race

Gilles Martin-Raget's outstanding photos from the multihull start of the 2002 Route du Rhum

Sailweb's Gerald New looks at ISAF's plans for global domination

Some of the most extraordinary sailing images you'll ever see courtesy of Yvan Zedda and the BlueGreen photo agency

James Boyd caught up with the Pindar skipper mid-South Atlantic on Around Alone

Chronicle of Le Defi Areva's win against the mighty OneWorld