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The Equipment Committee met on Thursday 7 May at the ISAF Mid-Year Meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) edged overall Volvo Ocean Race leaders Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) by just three minutes and 25 seconds to win Leg 6 to Newport after an enthralling duel over the past 24 hours.

Neusiedlersee showed almost every side it has to offer over the course of the 2015 Podersdorf PWA Surf World Cup - as anything from cold and blustery winds on the opening morning, to drizzling rain and moody skies were seen at some point over the last five days, as well as periods of wall-to-wall sunshine, which you'd have been forgiven for making you think you were somewhere in the Mediterranean.

Antoine Albeau (RRD/NeilPryde) and Sarah Quita Offringa (Starboard/NeilPryde) reign supreme as Jinha Beach delivers the goods and then some

The Volvo Ocean Race's only North American stopover in Newport, Rhode Island, was set to open with a fanfare on Tuesday, while less than 500 nautical miles (nm) away at sea, six boats were battling desperately to become the first to join the party.

The International 420 Class has launched the Exercise e-Book, a new online training resource targeted at providing world class training techniques and strategies on Performance Improvement for Coaches and Sailors.

The Land Rover Extreme Sailing Series Act 3, Qingdao came to a nail-biting conclusion, as SAP Extreme Sailing Team took their first ever Act win - and just for good measure, they scooped the Land Rover Above and Beyond Award for their outstanding performance as a team in China.

A patchy seven-knot breeze blew across the Chinese racecourse today as the nine international Extreme 40s took to the water in the shadows of the Qingdao skyscrapers at Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series. The change in conditions mirrored a change in rank within the fleet, as Team Turx powered by Kaya Ropes stepped up to the mark.