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Day three of competition at the Sperry Top-Sider Melges 24 World Championship 2013 saw three races take place in shifty northeasterly breezes, which ranged as low as eight knots and as high as 18 knots.

The intensity ramped up a level as fleet moved into Stadium Racing mode at the penultimate Act of the Extreme Sailing Series in Nice, presented by Land Rover, as the French Riviera continued to push the fleet to their limits - both physically and mentally.

A battle between two Annapolis-based teams takes center stage as competitors now approach the final day of the J/22 World Championship, sponsored by Fidelity Investments.

Day seven of the GP Joule PWA Sylt World Cup proved to be the busiest day of competition thus far as both the freestyle and slalom fleets hit the water.

Racing returns to the longest standing event in the Alpari World Match Racing Tour next Tuesday, 8 October, when the Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate event on the 2013 Tour, sets sail on Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda.

Affectionately known as Team Jolly, London 2012 Women's 470 Olympic Champions Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie (NZL) announced their Rio 2016 intentions early in 2013 and success followed thereafter.

The pin-up boy of ocean racing François Gabart (FRA) sailed into the history books on 27 January 2013 when, at 29-years-old, he completed the gruelling Vendée Globe track in record time to become the youngest winner of the round the world race.

Light winds at the beginning and end of the second day of the Sperry Top-Sider Melges 24 World Championship 2013 meant only two races of the scheduled three took place.