The event we’ve all been waiting for, the Vendee Globe, set sail on Saturday. However within hours of the start the titanium keel snapped off Marc Guillemot’s Safran. This morning the lead trio is approaching Lisbon but there is a tricky depression to negotiate come Wednesday. See our form guide (and guess which boat we put as ‘the most reliable’!) while Race Director Denis Horeau shares his view on the race. See the final part of our dockside tour. The ISAF has a new President, while following last week’s ISAF Conference in Dun Laoghaire, windsurfing has been reinstated for Rio 2016. Sam Goodchild has announced his four year Figaro/Vendee program.