At 15.37 GMT Maserati rounded Cape Horn against the prevailing wind and dominant streams on her New York-San Francisco record attempt on the so-called 'Gold route', made famous by the clip

At 3:35 GMT today we rounded Cape Horn on Maserati, our 70 footer. We are now headed upwind in 35 knots of breeze with storm jib and 2 reefs in the mainsail.

In his bid to become China's first sailor to circumnavigate the globe singlehanded, Chinese sailing star Guo Chuan rounded Cape Horn in Chile 0100 GMT on 19 January to became the first Chinese sail

Reached by phone this morning, Jean-Pierre Dick described sailing conditions on board Virbac-Paprec 3 following the loss of her keel during the night.

I am shocked and gutted at the news that JP Dick has lost his keel.

Itajaí will once again be a host port for the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15 following the huge success of the stopover there in the last edition.

Even at this stage of the race, when our bodies are tired and our supplies low, when everyone seems to agree is the worst South Atlantic ever, the competitive pressure between boats remains undimin

MACIF's lead over Banque Populaire is back down to double digits as she enters the Azores high, while Jean le Cam and Mike Golding remain locked in battle, but overnight's big new

At 2345 UTC, while sailing in the third position of the Vendée Globe, about 500 miles northwest of the Cape Verde islands, Jean-Pierre Dick called his team to inform them that his boat,