Elaine Bunting

Emma pipped at the post

Emma gets beaten into last place as the winds desert her at the finish, and Brad Van Liew tightens his grip on Class 2 of Around Alone

How to get back home?

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede considers the options as he inches his dismasted yacht towards New Zealand

Filthy seas and headwinds as Emma slogs south - separated from two rivals by only 5 miles

Bernard Stamm has a commanding lead in Around Alone, but his boat was literally coming apart in his hands as he finished the first Southern Ocean leg

Third time unlucky as VDH’s rig topples 1,500 miles from the nearest land

Bernard Stamm keeps stretching his lead in Around Alone, while others face a bumpy New Year's Eve - including Emma

VDH battles big winds

Icy blasts of more than 80 knots force Jean-Luc Van Den Heede to bide his time on his record attempt

Canadian skipper drops out, the fleet is in real Southern Ocean conditions, and Emma struggles between knockdowns

ARC yacht abandoned

Two crew and their dog abandon their Hunter Legend 450 after the jury rudder fails, and are picked up by another ARC crew

Body set adrift in liferaft

Sailor has to set his brother's body adrift in a liferaft after being unable to lift the casualty on board

Runaway leader capsizes

Steve Ravussin’s TechnoMarine becomes the 5th Route du Rhum multihull to capsize – 700 miles from a virtually uncontested 1st place

11th trimaran retires

After consulting with designer Nigel Irens, Fred Le Peutrec judges the risk of structural failure too great to continue

Peyron calls for help

Fujifilm is breaking up, Conrad Humphreys has been dismasted, and Ellen moves into the lead

Golding takes the lead

Mike Golding moves up to 1st, another retirement and why Conrad Humphreys is still having a hard time

Bourgnon capsizes

A third trimaran crashes upside down, this time in an 80-knot gust