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VOR – on your marks

With final sponsorship in place for Premier Challenge the fleet is now nearly ready for tomorrow's start

Full VOR crew list

17 Kiwis, 13 Aussies, 9 Brits, 6 Brazilians, 5 from USA and Holland, 4 Spanish and 2 from RSA, Ireland, France and Sweden, 1 from Germany

TJV latest

Banque Populaire to pull in for repairs, Virbac-Paprec still heads the IMOCA fleet

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Virbac leads Sill in Open 60s, while leading 60ft multihull Groupama2 is forced to take pitstop

Having weathered the Transat Jacques Vabre storm earlier this week, Miranda Merron found time to send the latest news from the Open 60 Roxy

TJV latest

After the storm both the mono and multihull fleets are making good speed south

The remaining competitors in the Transat Jacques Vabre are still experiencing big winds but conditions should settle down a little with the wind shifting round to the north-west

Flanagan update

If all goes to plan, round the world adventurer Adrian Flanagan, should set sail this morning

Ellen MacArthur has taken ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award for her outstanding achievements over the last 12 months

The transition from Sanxenxo, the scene of Saturday's in-port race, to the ocean leg start port of Vigo is under way

Artforms returns to TJV

Transat Jacque Vabre sailors Kip Stone and Merfyn Owen on Artforms are back on course after a diversion to Lorient, France to replace a damaged mainsail

Randy Smyth and his crew aboard Tommy Hilfiger won both races in the second day of the Volvo Extreme 40 regatta

ISAF has announced the Bethwaite-designed UD-18 as the new two-person keelboat of the Paralympics

Westernaustralia retains lead in Clipper Round the world race. Further down the fleet Jersey is experiencing rig problems

Artforms diverts to Lorient

TJV skipper Kip Stone reports from the Bay of Biscay on Artforms' diversion to Lorient on the west coast of France