A drawing of the Astus 26.5 trimaran

The first images of the new Astus 26.5 have been released. The yacht will be available towards the end of 2024

11 yachts crossed the Cape Town start line for Leg 2 of the Ocean Globe Race. Conditions were a perfect 10 knots of south westerly breeze. Credit: OGR2023/Jacqueline Kavanagh

11 teams have crossed the start line of Leg 2 of the Ocean Globe Race, with the remaining three yachts to start in the coming days

The Translated 9 crew sailed from Southampton to Cape Town in 40 days, 13 hours and 48 minutes

The crew of the Swan 65, Translated 9 have won the first leg of the Ocean Globe Race, arriving in Cape Town after racing 7,305 nautical miles over 40 days

A diver applying a protective marking solution to a bronze cannon on the Klein Hollandia protected wreck site. Credit: MSDS Marine/Martin Davies

For the first time in the UK, artefacts including cannons are being forensically marked underwater on some of the 57 Protected Wreck Sites in English waters which have the highest…