For 115 teams from 16 countries, excitement is building for the upcoming Adria Ferries ORCi World Championship, to be held in Ancona, Italy over 21-29 June.

The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 17 June 2013 have been released.

The World Sailing Speed Record Council have announced the establishment of a new World Record as Kito De Pavant (FRA) breaks his own Marseille to Carthage record.

Francis Joyon has shattered the singlehanded North Atlantic record crossing the finish line after just 5 days, 2 hours, 56 minutes and 10 seconds*.

It was a dog eat dog day to decide the 470 European titles but it was celebrations for France as they secured the honours in both events. Australians Mat Belcher and Will Ryan took the men's open title.

The 2013 Lightning World Champions are David Starck, Jody Starck and Ian Jones (USA).

The penultimate day of the PWA Catalunya World Cup proved to be a largely frustrating affair as winds of 5-13 knots teased the competitors for the duration of the afternoon - so despite several sailors checking the conditions - the wind never quite materialized enough to resume the racing.

There was no wind on the final day of the 2013 Etchells World Championship in Rosignano, Italy so the results stand and the title goes to Marvin Beckmann and The Martian.

Race day 5 at the 2013 470 European Championships determined the eight boats who will advance to Saturday's Medal Races. France continues to dominate at the top, with gold or silver guaranteed to the nation in both events.

Day four of the PWA Catalunya World Cup saw the wind arrive much earlier than the opening three days of the competition, which enabled the conclusion of two more eliminations.

A mouth-watering 2013 Giraglia Rolex Cup is in prospect. In excess of 200 yachts representing almost 20 countries will contest this historic annual event, which has been running for 60 uninterrupted years.

ISAF Vice-President George Andreadis was on form at the 2013 Etchells World Championship in Rosignano, Italy on Thursday but the Martian retains the overall lead.

After some nailbiting action on day four it's all change at the top of the leaderboard as France takes over the yellow leader bibs in both events. Dominant performances from Sofian Bouvet and Jérémie Mion in the men's fleet and Camille Lecointre and Mathilde Geron in the women's secured strong positions as they lead their fleets into Friday's penultimate day of racing.

The third day of the PWA Catalunya World Cup saw winds ranging from 7-20 knots as two wind directions hit the Golf-de-Roses over the course of a few hours. Costa Brava was transformed from a starboard tack slalom paradise into a port tack slalom heaven in the same afternoon.

The medals have been decided across the eight Olympic and two Paralympic events at the Sail for Gold Regatta 2013, the third stage of the 2013 EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup.

Marvin Beckmann racing The Martian at the 2013 Etchells World Championship has opened up a 17 point at Yacht Club Cala de' Medici, Italy and is alienated at the top of the leader board.