ORMA replacement class is in a hiatus but the big multihulls remain on the ascent

Robert Greenhalgh on his sailing program which this year will span ICAP Leopard to Moths, Extreme 40s to C-Class cats and much more

The British skipper on how keel fairings, broke ballast tanks and major surgery on his hydrogenerators nearly kept him from reaching LSD

Alex Thomson and others tell of Hugo Boss' third place in the Vendee Globe

Francois Gabart - former Optimist National Champion, engineer, Figaro sailor, now Vendee Globe winner

Designers VPLP-Verdier, Technical Manager Antoine Gautier and others tell us about the Vendee Globe-winning boat

Joerg Riechers tells us of graduating up from the Mini and Class40

The British designer using 'neural networks' in design and linking up with Team Concise and McConaghy China

The next Class40 round the world race will be bigger, better and with a new class structure

On the dismasting and on MACIF and Banque Populaire fight for the front

Hugh Welbourn tells us of the new Quant 30, the DSS-equipped Mini and the Infiniti 36

Nick Bubb and Paul Larsen will be part of the crew re-enacting the famous voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia

The Artemis Offshore Academy's Nikki Curwen tells us of her Mini campaign for 2013