Sailing News

Here is a summary of what was said during today's live link-up with the French-speaking skippers this lunchtime in Paris. Vincent Riou (PRB) in 3rd place, 29 miles from the leader:  Thinks rankings will change a lot as they ...

  We have now entered one of those quiet periods of the race where nothing too much is happening. Everyone is charging along on a reach at 20 knots, but not on the edge as you would be downwind with ...

OC Events wins for iShares Cup for Extreme 40 cats

After overtaking Steve White (Toe in the Water) and Arnaud Boissières (Akena Vérandas), Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) is in 16th place, 273 miles from the leader with Dee Caffari firmly in his sights. Like the other competitors around him, he has certainly noticed the heat: "I try to sleep when I can... As soon as I'm no longer under spinnaker, I take advantage to grab some rest.  As soon as the wind shifts, like it did during the night, when I was under reacher, I go for...

Here we go again. This morning we had a problem with the lashing in the R3 halyard, so our bowman Mike Pammenter/RSA had to go up the mast to solve it. It was not blowing hard, just a nice ...

Since we snuck through the scoring gate ahead of Puma and our boys on the black boat, things have been on the up and up.  We have been going really well in the last 24 hours, which is a ...

Elaine Bunting reviews the last week in the Vendée Globe and the groups that are clearly emerging

The electrical problems have my attention and we are still trying to rectify the problems. It seems that with every Vendee Globe one or more of the fleet is destined to go around with minimal power. It's ironic that I ...

The leaders are through the Doldrums and in the end it wasn’t too painful. Looking at the chasing pack, most of whom are still doing over 10kts, it doesn’t seem like it has been very tough for them either.