At the Harken Laser Masters yesterday, the Apprentice fleet was first away in an 18 knot north-westerly breeze

The 50ft classes of the Transat are home to some of the most interesting individuals - like Mike Birch

Rob Larke and Sally Wakefield won last weekend's Lark open meeting at Torquay

Jason Best finally finds his sealegs as he joins the yacht Besso for his final training session before the race start on Sunday.

Groundhog Day for Transat teams, but there's a frisson of urgency - or is that the prospect of Anna Kournikova?

A bumpy start seems likely and a certain amount of grinding, epoxying and debate is going on behind the scenes

Olympic sailing classes go head to head three months before Athens Games