Our pick of the best images on the water this year...

From blazingly hot Sydney Lynsey Thomas reviews the British contingent taking part

The OneWorld navigator writes from Auckland with news of racing between the teams

Peter Bentley's superb picture sequence of a 29er getting run down by a vintage skiff

Jean-Luc van den Heede returns to France after aborted record attempt

North Sails One Design division open a new loft where one project is a new Enterprise sail, reports Gerald New

.....combine for a great weekend start the New Year

A busy week despite the onset of winter in the UK and the approach of Christmas

Parade of sail around Sydney Harbour takes place tomorrow

Australian youth circumnavigator Jesse Martin sets out on his next epic voyage