THIS AUTUMN’S BIG OCEAN RACE, THE TRANSAT CAFÉ L’OR, LIVED UP TO ITS FEARSOME REPUTATION, AS ANDI ROBERTSON REPORTS

Orca damage, rudder failure and a monkey bite were just a few of the setbacks facing crews en-route to this year’s ARC+,writes Ali Wood, but happily all 83 boats made it to the start line in Las Palma

HELEN FRETTER ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY ARC

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Far from being a lightweight trailer sailer, Nic Compton finds the third version of this modern classic to be a serious little cruising boat capable of handling far more than a little creek crawling

Tony Moss and his wife Marike cross the North Sea to sail around Britain anticlockwise, braving the Scottish summer along the way