Cowes Online

Europe's oldest tall ship that is still operational, the three-masted ship Belem, will visit Cowes on Saturday to commemorate the 36 year period in which she sailed under British colours.

It has been over 24 hours since any yacht, competing in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race finished; however a goal rush is expected for the second half.

British company OC Group and mainland Europe based ThirdPole have been merged in a non-cash deal that will bring together their competences into a global leading sports marketing and events company.

Frank Cammas and his crew onboard Groupama 70 broke the race record when they completed the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race last Sunday, Hamo Thornycroft was out on the Solent to take these great pictures.

Overall leader Tom Slingsby continues his consistent momentum into the critical six race finals phase of the Laser World Championships off Hayling Island.

The Velux 5 Oceans has joined forces with marine forecast service PredictWind to ensure skippers and race management have the most accurate weather information available to them.

Following a couple of weeks in the Marquesas the rally visited various island groups stretched across the South Pacific before recently arriving in Australia, writes columnist Brian Norton.

The opening day of racing at the St. Moritz Match Race dawned bright but cold, with the surface of the lake covered in a thin layer of picturesque mist; the scene belied the intensity of racing that was to come. 

At just before 0200 on Wednesday morning the British Keelboat Academy's TP52, John Merricks II crossed the Royal Yacht Squadron Line to finish the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, writes Louay Habib.

Groupe Edmond de Rothschild have won the third round of the 2010 Extreme Sailing Series in Kiel with a race to spare – an unusual occurrence on this circuit that normally sees every event go to the wire in the final double points race.