Having been forced to cancel the Rio de Janeiro event last year after the entire fleet of F50 cats had to undergo urgent rig modifications, expectations were high this time around for the first event in Brazil. But when the weather failed to show, some teams struggled to deliver

The transatlantic race from New York to Lorient has been conformed but aside from providing more hours on the water to compete, why is this race so important for IMOCA teams?

The argument between Sir Ben Ainslie's America's Cup campaign and its former backer Sir Jim Radcliffe went public as a dispute about who owns what since the break up made it into the mainstream media. What's going on and what's at stake?

The multi leg, double handed race around the world in Class 40s has been an impressive race to watch. Hats off to the crews who have raced these small but potent machines through some of the most remote parts of the planet. And now we have a winner as the front runners arrived in Lorient on the west coast of France.

The season is well and truly under way and there's been a lot going on. Matthew Sheahan reports

Former Cup sailor John Sweeney thinks it has and has started legal proceedings against the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Matthew Sheahan considers what this might mean for the Cup

The new R53 might look like a modern day classic, but the new Ker Design is set to be a racer through and through and is one of the design office's most intense projects clocking up some serious computing power.

Building beautiful boats is second nature to Spirit yachts, but applying their skills to a dedicated racer takes them into very different territory

Famous for their modern classics, elegant looks and exquisite build quality Spirit Yachts are now on another tack for their next launch....but why?

Nursing a 32m trimaran that is designed for high speeds downwind in flat water around the world through the tough stuff when you are hauling it against the prevailing winds and currents for 40,000 miles is one thing, but negotiating a tropical cyclone that has 295km/hr winds and 10m waves takes things onto another level.

There are precious few people who have successfully lapped the planet non-stop the wrong way, westabout, but Guirec Soudée is about to join that elite club and set a new record with it...but not before running into some serious weather

To race around the world alone non-stop is pretty special and those that succeed enter an elite club. But when it comes to lapping the planet against the prevailing winds and currents, non-stop and alone the list stops way short of double figures. Last Christmas, solo sailor Guirec Soudée left France to set a new record and add his name to the gang, but his campaign took a very different approach. Instead of choosing a sturdy metal hulled monohull, Soudée and his team decided to take on the world in reverse with a fragile Ultim trimaran.

Two big launches at opposite ends of the world. On top, the 32m Ultim trimaran Gitana 18 headed out from her base in Lorient on the west coast of France for her maiden sail. Down under the Kiwis slipped their dock lines in Auckland to take their newly reconfigured AC75 out for its first sail. Both are big steps forward, both were carefully choreographed affairs and both represent the first steps in two new generations at the very leading edge of the sport.

Two big launches at opposite ends of the world. On top, the 32m Ultim trimaran Gitana 18 headed out from her base in Lorient on the west coast of France for her maiden sail. Down under the Kiwis slipped their dock lines in Auckland to take their newly reconfigured AC75 out for its first sail. Both are big steps forward, both were carefully choreographed affairs and both represent the first steps in two new generations at the very leading edge of the sport.

Two big launches at opposite ends of the world. On top, the 32m Ultim trimaran Gitana 18 headed out from her base in Lorient on the west coast of France for her maiden sail. Down under the Kiwis slipped their dock lines in Auckland to take their newly reconfigured AC75 out for its first sail.

The RORC's annual classic was not only as popular as ever, but delivered some of the closest racing across the fleet that the event has seen in 17 editions. Hot foot from a round the world blast, Dee Caffari talks to Matt Sheahan about how this year's event panned out and what caught her eye.

The Caribbean season kicked off with a spectacular array of some of the biggest and best in the offshore racing world as they took on the RORC's double bill, the Nelson's Cup and the Caribbean 600.

The Caribbean season kicked off for those looking for a mixture of inshore and offshore racing with the RORC's double bill, the Nelson's Cup and the Caribbean 600. Both were not only spectacles but delivered some of the best racing the events have seen

Black Foils driver Peter Burling explains the part that the system limit played in the dramatic collision in the Auckland SailGP. A limit that hadn't previously been mentioned

The day after the dramatic crash the Italian team appeared to suffer a similar spin out on the same leg in gusty conditions. Fortunately the boat behind was sufficiently clear to avoid a collision. Driver Phil Robertson explains why these boats are tricky to handle, especially on a breezy reach