Jean-Luc van den Heede sets off on his fourth attempt to break the non-stop solo round the world record westabout

James Boyd spoke to sailing legend Jean-Luc van den Heede prior to his latest attempt on the non-stop westabout record

Ports of call and initial competitors announced

Ecover extends as trimarans make record time into Bay of Biscay in the Transat Jacques Vabre

Images from photographers Thierry Martinez, Carlo Borlenghi and Gilles Martin-Raget

The Team Cowes crewman on their tactics and life on their fifth day racing upwind

For another year backing the Scandinavian trimaran circuit

As Open 60 skippers in Transat Jacques Vabre get second round of gale force winds

An updated report from out on the water off Le Havre

As leading monohull cross Bay of Biscay in the Transat Jacques Vabre