Charles Caudrelier
Hugo Boss heads for Vigo
The leading pair of Ultime multihulls, leading the 5400, mile Transat Jacques Vabre course from Le Havre to Itajaí, are fighting through light winds just a few miles off the West African coa
IMOCA 60s turn home as maxi tri capsizes
As forecast for days, the second night of the Transat Jacques Vabre was always going to be a big one for those boats that chose to tackle the static depression and its associated fronts t
First casualties
The first 24 hours of the Transat Jacques Vabre have been fast in a building breeze.
Slow start
A slow, but nonetheless challenging, stressful start to the 12th Transat Jacques Vabre sent 42 entrants in four different classes out of the Seine Basin in the direction of Itajaí, Brazil on
Final honours for Team Alvimedica
Team Alvimedica won the final offshore battle, claiming the final leg nine of the Volvo Ocean Race, into Gothenberg, but overall glory belonged to overall race winning Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing.
Team Alvimedica's five minutes of fame
Skipper Charlie Enright and the crew of Team Alvimedica made a triumphant entry into The Hague at 0134 local time/2334 UTC this morning putting the US-Turkish team in pole position to win
Abu Dhabi Ocean Race wins Volvo Ocean Race
Ian Walker and the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team have clinched the 2014-5 Volvo Ocean Race in the early hours of Thursday.
Double whammy
Skipper Sam Davies and her Team SCA crew struck a resounding blow for women’s sailing in the early hours of Thursday morning when they clinched leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race between Lisbon an
MAPFRE by one second
Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP) won their second Volvo Ocean Race in-port race running on Saturday, but only with two metres to spare after a thrilling contest in the Portuguese sun
Closing on the ice gate
It appears that at some point since our last report, the southerly limit of the ice exclusion zone has been lowered further - it is currently down to 40°N 45 between 52°W19 and 48°W24.