Images and interviews of the boats leaving Port Olona, including Chris Tibbs on the weather

Vendee Globe race favourite Michel Desjoyeaux thinks this is possible in one of the new generation Open 60s

Our ranking of the skippers and their boats before the off on Sunday

Artemis Transat winner Loick Peyron updates us on his Gitana 80 Vendee Globe campaign

Must-see video of Pascal Bidegorry's round the world record breaker trimaran at 30 knots

Can Brian Thompson and his Juan K-design Bahrain Team Pindar

The great man thinks 60ft long kite assisted Moths are the way to go with the Open 60 fleet

Not in les Sables d'Olonne? Check out what's going on here

Puma's Jerry Kirby describes why he has returned for his third crack at the Volvo Ocean Race

We look at Andrés Soriano's 68 footer Alegre and get a video guided tour of her from Led Pritchard

Alex Thomson describes the horror show of the last week after Hugo Boss was mown down by a French trawler

Mike Sanderson looks forward to a stormy transatlantic record attempt on Virgin Money

Ian Walker updates us on Green Dragon's progress