With nearly 4,000 miles to go to the finish line of leg five, the yachts at the front of the VOR are engaged in some of the closest racing seen so far. Assa Abloy has the current advantage but there is barley anything between the top three boats which includes Tyco and illbruck.

The girls on Amer Sports Too have sailed well to overtake the Norwegian djuice dragons team and is making plans to overtake teammates, on Amer Sports One who is struggling to keep pace with the leaders in the light airs.

Position Report, Day 5, 0358 GMT

1 AART

2 TYCO

3 ILBK

4 AONE (8 miles from leader)

5 ATOO (10 miles from leader)

6 NEWS (20 miles from leader)

7 DJCE (21 miles from leader)

8 TSEB (32 miles from leader)