Amer Sports Too, the only boat still to finish the third leg of the VOR from Sydney to Auckland is 150 miles off Cape Reinga. Lisa McDonald and her crew enjoy perfect sailing condition in a westerly Force 6, pushing them across the Tasman Sea with 15 knots.

Meanwhile down in Auckland, Neal McDonald (Lisa’s husband) and crew is celebrating in style, having won the leg from Grant Dalton’s Amer Sports One.

Positions Leg three

1 ASSA ABLOY

2 Amer Sports One

3 Tyco

4 illbruck

5 News Corporation

7 Amer Sports Too

SEB (RTD)

Leaderboard

1 illbruck 21

2 Amer Sports One 18

3 News Corporation 16

4 ASSA ABLOY 15

5 Tyco 12

6 SEB 11

7 djuice 10

8 Amer Sports Too 5