Offshore

Kingfisher down the tubes

As Stamm and Jourdain jockey for first place in Regata de Rubicon

The Volvo fleet bash to windward on the way to Ushant

They are off at last.

Volvo leg eight start

No wind off Gibraltar sees dwindling Open 60 fleet grind to a halt

Severe winds have delayed the start for the ten 60ft trimarans

A bad start for the McDonald family at the start of leg 8

madforsailing looks at what's up on leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race

Roland Jourdain's Open 60 leads the Rubicon fleet into the Med

Steve Fossett now holds some of the most impressive records in yachting