Magma Structures is to sponsor former Artemis Offshore Academy sailor Alan Roberts for 2015, backing his second Solitaire du Figaro campaign.

Henry Bomby has managed to secure title Sponsorship for his Figaro campaign this year with Rockfish.

Since passing New Zealand's East Cape yesterday afternoon (UTC), the six VO65s have been heading out into the open water with their next landfall set to be Cape Horn more than 4000 miles away with

The Azores high has proven to be a road block for Barcelona World Race leaders Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam.

Sailing The Arctic Race is an ambitious project, organised by a group in Victoria, British Columbia led by Robert Molnar, that intends to be the first ever yacht race through the North West Passage

After a 67 hour delay to let Cyclone Pam pass by, leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race set off from Auckland at 0900 local time (2000 Tuesday UTC).

Barcelona World Race leader Cheminées Poujoulat now has less than 2000 miles to go to the finish line, while with Spirit of Hungary passing Cape Horn this morning, the whol

The Volvo Ocean Race's Leg 5 from Auckland, New Zealand to Itajaí, Brazil, will now start on Wednesday, 18 March at 09:00 local time, or 2000 Tuesday UTC.

The Volvo Ocean Race's fifth leg remains under postponement, while its VO65s have had their hatches firmly battened down in Auckland in anticipation of Cyclone Pam.