Days and often years of preparation are over. The ARC 2023 saw 156 yachts cross the start line at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria in light 8-10 knot winds, hot sunshine…

Battered and bruised but Golden Globe Race skipper Ian Herbert-Jones is now safely onboard a fishing boat after his boat dismasted in a severe storm. Credit: Ian Herbert Jones / GGR2022

British Golden Globe Race skipper Ian Herbert-Jones is now safely onboard the Taiwanese fishing vessel, Zi Da Wang after his boat was dismasted in a severe Southern Atlantic storm

Ertan Beskards working on his sail during the 2022 Golden Globe Race

Stuck in the doldrums, 2022 Golden Globe Race skipper Ertan Beskardes has been feeling the isolation with too much time to think, as he shares with Katy Stickland

A man at the helm of the yacht

Julie and Andy Pag wanted crew to share the watches sailing their Lagoon 410 Cushla Na Mara from the Med to the Caribbean. But how do they find the right