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Melges 24s at Key West

Canadian Kate Mullin, helming for John Sherlock, leads the 57-strong Melges 24 class at Terra Nova Key West

Time short for Cape to Rio fleet

With overt 2,000 nautical miles to go before reaching Rio de Janeiro, some of the the Cape to Rio fleet could miss the cut off date

Geronimo, Olivier de Kersauson's 110ft super-tri has shattered the outright Equator record

The waiting game

January 16 has come and gone and the Kingfisher Jules Verne team is on standby

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Geronimo has upped her average speed and crossed the Equator

525 miles in 24 hours!

Olivier de Kersauson and his Geronimo Team are now well ahead of Bruno Peyron Jules Verne record

Fagan recaptures lead

Gawie Fagan has recaptured the handicap lead in the SAP Cape to Rio race

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Cape to Rio fleet flounders

Many of the boats in the Cape to Rio race fleet are suffering from lack of wind caused by a huge South Atlantic High

Pacy performance from Plattner

Dr Hasso Plattner’s maxi has taken over the lead in the race for handicap honours in the Cape to Rio race

Jersey leads Clipper fleet

Tactics throughout the Clipper fleet are virtually identical at the moment as the boats zigzag between north and west from the Galapagos Islands to Hawaii