The Transat Jacques Vabre, or TJV, is a biennial, double-handed, transatlantic race that takes place every year which ends with an ‘odd’ number.| Yachting World
Alex Thomson and his co-skipper Neal McDonald have been forced to abandon the recently launched IMOCA 60’s keel after striking a submerged object| Yachting World
A collision with an underwater object while leading the Vendée Globe has badly damaged the starboard foil of Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss| Yachting World
Alex Thomson’s participation in the second Barcelona World Race was thrown into doubt after undergoing an emergency appendectomy| Yachting World
We take a close-up look at the features of Alex Thomson's Vendée Globe racer Hugo Boss| Yachting World
Alex Thomson has this morning made the decision to retire from the Vendee Globe| Yachting World
Tom Cunliffe nominates this spinechilling account by Mike Golding of how he rescued Alex Thomson from his stricken Hugo Boss during the 2006 Velux 6 Oceans| Yachting World
In St Malo for the start of the Route du Rhum in early November, every inch of the IMOCA 60 pontoons was packed with fans trying to get a close up look at the huge variety of designs taking part. But one boat needed serious crowd control around it – Charal, the aggressively styled foiling design launched just a couple of months earlier. The scale of Charal’s foils alone would have drawn attention, but videos of Beyou test sailing his new boat literally leaping from the water made Charal a...| Yachting World
Alex Thomson is embarking on his fifth Vendée Globe campaign, Helen Fretter finds out what drives him| Yachting World
Inside a Foiling Giant: An Onboard Tour of Ultime Banque Populaire XI| Yachting World
The Route du Rhum is one of the premier offshore races in the world. The solo transatlantic race takes place every four years| Yachting World
Foiling is becoming increasingly popular from boats to surfboards and beyond. It is now easier than ever to get hydrofoiling on many different craft| Yachting World
Founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, the Vendée Globe is a single-handed non-stop round the world yacht race| Yachting World