The record attempt is back on the rails as Spirit finds the wind again and talk turns to rum and rotis
Yachting World
Happy Spirit finds the promised squalls
Hoovering the bilges in 40 knot squalls, whales and lightning - never a dull moment on board
Sailing Speed Record About To Tumble?
The world sailing speed record came close to being broken last week and current weather forecasts suggest that better conditions could be on the way today
Spirit dispirited
Scorching sun and little wind as the crew fear the record might be slipping from their grasp
X-To-Sea – 1,000 miles to go
The sun's shining and the crew keeping a wary lookout for the Atlantic rowers
Girls for Sail back online
The girls on board Albatross seem to be having more luck with fishing than sailing
Spirit still in front
...and it's a beautiful day at sea
Half way for X-to-Sea
Champagne, a 244 mile day's run and 22.5 knots on the clock
Bonaire PWA 2003 Freestyle World Cup starts today
The Professional Windsurfing Association's big event is running from 2-9 December on the Caribbean island of Bonaire.
X-to-Sea log, day 7
Jam donuts, working on tans, spinnaker mended and all's well on board
Berenice – a third of the way and another unidentified fish
We cannot go dead downwinbd so we're zig-zagging across the Atlantic
Spirit slows in the calms
Squalls and clams but horror of all horrors, the loo is blocked
80 knot squalls forecast but the food is getting better
Spirit still leads the fleet as the crew's thoughts turn to St Lucia and rum cocktails
Frying bacon raises spirits
Bacon sandwiches and chilli to celebrate Spirit's halfway point
A spot of needlework aboard X-To-Sea
The sixth day aboard X-to-Sea was spent rebuilding a shredded kite
Berenice goes for the gybes
The crew aboard Berenice spent yesterday perfecting their gybing skills
Mollymawk finishes Transat
Ross Hobson and Andi Newman's 50ft catamaran limped across the Transat Jacques Vabre finish line yesterday with damaged mast foot
Flying fish and Roman baths
Mike Kopman reports from on board Spirit at the front of the ARC fleet
Happy Spirits up
Blowing a spinnaker leads to some sail experimentation and it's flapjacks for tea
Winchless wenches
Girls for sail settle in and food moves higher on their agenda