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We start every watch with one-hour grinding, sometimes two I was really down More words from the crews to match some of the best pictures from leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race from China to New Zealand. In the third of our Volvo Ocean Race video documentaries from the stopover in Auckland, Louis Balcaen…

Florence Arthaud had an extraordinary career and seemed quite indestructible, says Elaine Bunting Florence Arthaud It feels unreal that Florence Arthaud is gone. She always seemed the most indestructible of sailors, less vulnerable than many of the male solo sailors I’ve met: truly strong and with a calm aura of inner strength. I always thought…

Who says racing is the only way to acquire sailing skills? I say teach children sailing is fun and watch the numbers grow, writes Daria Blackwell For some reason, the teaching of sailing skills in many countries where sailing is an active pursuit has over the years changed from learning the ropes on a local…

Spirit of Hungary skipper Nandor Fa suffers a head injury whilst up the mast attempting to ease jammed mainsail Spirit of Hungary (Nandor Fa, Conrad Colman) Having to stitch up your crewmate’s head wound whilst slamming over rough seas in the Southern Ocean is a nightmare situation that even the most experienced of medics would…

In the seventh instalment of our Bluewater Sailing Techniques series, we show you the quickest way to stop your boat under spinnaker when the crew go overboard What would you do if someone fell overboard when the spinnaker was flying for a long downwind passage, with foreguy and after guy fixing the pole in place…