We speak to former Mini sailor Phil Sharp mid-Atlantic about his rather successful transition to the Class 40

Earlier this year thedailysail snuck on board Lionel Lemonchois' Route du Rhum winner

From on board Artemis approaching the Azores yesterday, Brian Thompson described to us his progress

The Class 40 bridges the gap between the Mini/Figaro and Open 60 classes. We look at this new class as it goes supernova

Josh Hall recounts a terrifying incident in the Cape Verdes

Pre-Route du Rhum action footage of the most exciting sailboats afloat and the solo sailing heros who steer them

Conrad Humphreys and thedailysail editor James Boyd tour the monohulls pre-start at the Route du Rhum

Cammas leads Desjoyeaux - but only just in our Route du Rhum ratings

We explain what GRIBs are plus why ProGRIB files represent the latest innovation in this technology

We look at the Open 60 runners and riders in the forthcoming Route du Rhum

Phenomenal images of Bernard Stamm and Alex Thomson braving the elements

How Saga Insurance got rolled in hurricane force winds last night and the carnage it caused

Our video commentry on the runners and riders in the Velux 5 Oceans