Cowes Online columnist Chris Tibbs, professional meteorologist and sailor, tells us all about 'El Nino' and the changes in weather patterns it causes around the world, including here the UK.

The Extreme Sailing Series Asia was billed locally as 'Oman Sail versus the world' and they came out on top in style.

In 2011 the Isle of Wight will be hosting the NatWest Island Games, the largest international multi-sport event ever to be held on the Island, with events being organised across 14 different sports, including sailing and windsurfing.

Due to lack of wind off Valencia, there will be no America's Cup racing on Monday, 8 February, and the next race is now scheduled for Wednesday.

An angler was rescued from a life raft on Sunday afternoon, after his boat sank two miles southwest of St. Catherine's Point on the Isle of Wight.

An early start on Monday, 8 February to Race Day One of the 33rd America's Cup saw the two race boats Alinghi 5 and USA leaving their respective docks, but light winds have so far forced a postponement.

Clipper yacht Hull and Humber are in the lead as the fleet clears the final Indonesian island, while a balaclava wearing fisherman causes concern for Spirit of Australia, and Qingdao prepares for a tacking battle with California.

BMW Oracle Racing will produce unprecedented online coverage of its challenge for the 33rd America's Cup, starting on 5 February; but the New York Court won't hear the "constructed in country" case against Alinghi until well after the Match on 25 February.

RIBEX, one of Europe's most successful specialist powerboat shows, has picked up a major three year sponsorship deal with Suzuki Marine for the May event at Cowes Yacht Haven on the Isle of Wight.

With 25 knot winds accelerating the boats downwind at speeds of 30km per hour, it was white-knuckle racing for the sailors in testing conditions and a capsize for Red Bull Extreme Sailing Team at the Extreme Sailing Series Asia.

Steve Le Butt, winner of the inaugural 'Nautica Outstanding Seamanship Award' in the 2009 J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, was the first to enter for this year's race, reports the Island Sailing Club.

British sailors Dee Caffari and Brian Thompson will head the line up of outstanding solo racers speaking at the Solo Racing Festival on Saturday, 6 March in Southampton, writes Jerry Freeman.

Six Extreme 40s are battling it out for supremacy on the water at The Wave, Muscat in the Extreme Sailing Series Asia, and proving that not only can multihulls match race, but they can do so in spectacular style.

Portsmouth-based SailRacer will be at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, so if you're planning an event and want an easy way to manage entries or you'd like an exclusive event and results website but don't know where to start, get SailRacer to help.

Cowes-based charity UKSA, a leading maritime training provider, will be the recipient of free broadband and telephone services from the Island's telecommunications company, Wightcable, for a period of two years.