Now in its eighth season, this winter dinghy handicap championship brings out the best and the bravest to compete at seven big events throughout the chilly months....

Ian Walker, double Olympic silver medallist and Volvo Ocean Race winner as skipper of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, shatters 10 myths about sailing and why anyone can get involved and have fun in the sport....

Hannah Mills gives an insight into what it took to win the 470 Women's gold medal with Saskia Clark at Rio 2016. "I was completely unprepared for how different an experience Rio would feel to London. London felt like the official Games, where you absolutely knew it was the Olympics and everything was where it should be. Rio however, felt like a very relaxed Games where you really had to focus on the fact it was the Olympics and this was it!!!"

America's Cup veteran Dee Smith would never have thought he'd find himself competing at the Paralympics. At least, not until a little more than a year ago when he found himself embarking on a campaign in the 2.4mR for Rio 2016. Here's Dee's final round-up before battle commences on Guanabara Bay

Skip Dieball works hard at every part of his game and has enjoyed consistent success across a number of small keelboat classes, including winning the Etchells Worlds in Hong Kong in 2015. Here Skip shares some of his boatspeed secrets, and his approach to team work with fellow winners Jon Mclean and Jeff Eiber.

Tactician Bucky Smith was a key member of the Australian team that achieved a resounding victory in the Audi Etchells World Championship 2009 held in Melbourne. He tells Tracey Johnstone how the Worlds was won...

SoftBank Team Japan have bragging rights as the first team to pull off the foiling tack. As Dean Barker and Chris Draper point out, this really is a 'gamechanger' for the 2017 America's Cup, and opens up the tactical opportunities with the possibility of the foiling AC cats tacking on the windshifts...

Observations and analysis from Andy Rice, reporting from Marina da Gloria, the venue for the Olympic Sailing competition in Rio 2016....

© Clive Mason/ Getty Images South America: Vasilij Zbogar in Rio

Vasilij Zbogar has won the Finn Olympic silver medal at Rio 2016. The first and only Slovenian to have won an Olympic medal, this is actually his third. An incredible performance by a sailor from a small nation with very little backing. Listen to Vasilij to understand why he's one of the most popular sailors in the boat park