Yachting World

Tony Bullimore and his 'Team Daedalus' crew left for Doha, Qatar yesterday for the start of the Oryx Quest 2005

ARC prizegiving

Round up of the ARC 2004 prizegiving which marked the close of last year's ARC

The Lark class is running a competition for a new T-shirt design

While stricken Vendee Globe skipper Roland Jourdain heads for Hobart Jean Le Cam fights for leading position

Exam Day!

Flying Fish trainee Sarah Shepherd reports on her successful RYA Yachtmaster Offshore practical examination

Humphreys is taking it carefully and safely, as befits the tail-end boat in the Vendée Globe

A stressful time in 46 knots of wind, boatspeed over 30 knots, but is a slowdown ahead?

Larks from all around the country competed in the first two of six races scheduled over the winter

Vendee update

While the latter half of the Vendee fleet weathers worst storm yet, Roland Jourdain limps to Auckland with loose keel

White water on deck, aching from the violent motion - it's tough, reports leading Global Challenge skipper Duggie Gillespie

Andy Forbes, skipper aboard Global Challenge yacht BG Spirit sent the following log from deep in the Southern Ocean

A voyage for madmen

Nick Moloney gives this dramatic account of how he survived his ultimate storm on Skandia in the Vendee Globe