Images of a blistering departure

Top images from the Alinghi photographer

Zana's helmsman on the weather and their chances against the Aussies on Skandia

We talk to Sean Langman and Neal MacDonald about their prospective Hobart races

Forecast for the Rolex Sydney Hobart PLUS Adrienne Cahalan gives her take on the complexities of the route

We look back at what happened from July through until September

We look back at the months of June to April

Part one: January to March

Mike Golding tells thedailysail about his win in the Defi Atlantique

Pictures from Sydney this weekend - to warm up northern hemisphere readers

Newly into second having averaged 20 knots for the last six hours, a frenzied Alex Thomson calls us from on board

From the Equator Alex Thomson tells us about his first solo race in an Open 60 and how he took the lead in it...

We have a crawl around Ian Loffhagen's F25 trimaran Shiek Yerbouti