Spindrift 2 ready to take on the Jules Verne Trophy

Baron Rothschild's team will make its new 100 footer airborne

Adam Minoprio quits kicking his heels post Luna Rossa

New race from New York agreed at IMOCA AGM

British Figaro sailors set off on the Solo Concarneau

Heavyweights sign up to sail with Chris Nicholson's Volvo Ocean Race team from Lisbon on

Dongfeng Race Team scores its second leg win in Volvo Ocean Race

Musandam-Oman Sail MOD70 knocks almost four hours off Steve Fossett's 22-year-old time

Dongfeng Race Team clinging on to first place with bump final 600 miles left to Newport

Sidney Gavignet and crew set off Round Ireland

Gaastra PalmaVela comes to a close

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing moves into the north and regains the theoretical lead in the Volvo Ocean Race

140 boats to set out on the Bay of Palma today

Equator - tick; Doldrums - tick as Volvo Ocean Race boats set up for the long haul north

Artemis Offshore Academy sailors Andrew Baker, Rob Bunce and Robin Elsey all to contest La Solitaire

Dongfeng Race Team out in front

The full pantheon of offshore race boats to compete this August in the RORC's biennial classic

The next step is revealed in the latest mods to Gitana XV