Paul Larsen updates us with the latest from his SailRocket speedsailing campaign

James Boyd caught up with the former Marine, Vendee Globe hero and erstwhile Team Philips skipper

In his latest diary Conrad Humphreys describes how he was rudely awoken in Southern Ocean gale

The BMW Oracle helm was on board Stewart Thwaites' Konica Minolta when she broke in the Rolex Sydney Hobart

We spoke to Ellen MacArthur about how she is fairing in her record attempt

We speak to Brian Thompson about skippering Qatar 2006 in the Oryx Quest round the world race

Shots of the new ABN AMRO boat with comment from Mike Sanderson and designer Juan Kouyoumdjian

Back from his warm stone in the sun, our forked tongue correspondent looks at nicknames of the Vendee Globe skippers

From birthday cake to Christmas cake and all that went between

Navigator of the Aussie maxi Will Oxley recounts exactly how their keel came to fall out in the Rolex Sydney Hobart

The big one: summer action and the Olympic Games

Daniel Forster's exceptional images from the air

Daniel Forster in the air and Carlo Borlenghi on the water for the Rolex Sydney Hobart departure