When the boom breaks in a gale off Biscay, Sarah Button ponders the wisdom of ....

Wighter lightning

America's Cup hopeful Peter Harrison loans Farr 52 to Paralympians for Round the Island Race

Skandia bring BPA on board

andia is expanding its Set Sail portfolio of sailing sponsorships by supporting the British Paralympic Association with particular focus on their participation in the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games.

Plastic beaches

Boffins find plastic in barnacles, crabs and worms

Timeless bomb

The chances of a massive explosion from a wreck full of unexploded bombs is 'remote' says the Maritime & Coastguard Agency

Trained observers

The National Maritime Museum is raising cash to replace its planetarium

Lifeboat rescue

Passerby spots boat which capsized in light south-easterly winds

London welcomes Challenge fleet

Cheers rang out this morning as the fleet of Global Challenge race yachts passed up the Thames and under Tower Bridge