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
Elaine Bunting
How to get back home?
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede considers the options as he inches his dismasted yacht towards New Zealand
Emma battles on
Filthy seas and headwinds as Emma slogs south - separated from two rivals by only 5 miles
What’s the damage?
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
Van Den Heede dismasted
Third time unlucky as VDH’s rig topples 1,500 miles from the nearest land
Stamm streaks away
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
Dennis retires from Around Alone
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
Multihull round the world bonanza
The death knell may have sounded today for the Volvo Ocean Race as the premier fully crewed round the world race
Man lost overboard in ARC
A man has been confirmed dead after being knocked overboard
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
Rescue as another trimaran breaks up
The starboard float of Karine Fauconnier's Sergio Tacchini has broken and she has been dismasted
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
Sill to stop in Madeira
Sail damage will force Bilou to stop in Madeira
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
Virbac dismasts
Jean-Pierre Dick's Open 60 loses her rig