Regattas around the globe have been cancelled or postponed due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic - but eSailors will now be able to compete at some of the world's best-known sailing events online.

Sven Krause covers the basics of mainsail trim, helps troubleshoot problems, and answers your questions.

What does an Olympic sailor do when he's in lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis?

While the world goes into lock down and events are cancelled faster than any of us can keep up with, there’s still loads to talk about...

If you're wondering how you're going to cope for weeks on end of self-isolation, listen to Dee Caffari's advice from someone who says she used to be very bad at it, to someone who came to embrace the solitude as she raced solo around the planet.

Andy Rice & Mark Jardine discuss a rapidly changing world held in the grip of coronavirus, and celebrate the fact that the 18ft skiffs still competed on Sydney Harbour for the JJ Giltinan Trophy. Andy & Mark also ask if it's still OK to go sailing out of your own club, or if we should be pursuing self-isolation under all circumstances...

Ian Walker has just overseen a massive overhaul of the RYA's Youth system, making it more regionally focused and responding to complaints that the old system was taking parents and kids - two generations of sailors - away from their sailing clubs...

Adrian Howe, commodore of Oxford Sailing Club, offers some wise, 'keep calm and carry on' advice to his members in the face of the coronavirus shutdown...

If anyone should be able to cope - even thrive - in these uncertain times of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s us sailors. As Charles Darwin said: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”

Hannah Mills & Eilidh McIntyre are out to defend their 470 class world title as they go into battle against the world’s best just four months out from Tokyo 2020. The 2020 470 World Championships in Palma will be one of the last opportunities for Mills and McIntyre to test themselves against their rivals before the Olympics....