As the Green Giant leads La Solitaire Bompard du Figaro leg four out of La Rochelle

2016 Solitaire du Figaro turning into a Skipper MACIF two horse race

Yoann Richomme continues to lead leg 3 of La Solitaire du Figaro as frontrunners are all but becalmed

Solitaire du Figaro fleet moves into the Bay of Biscay

Solitaire du Figaro fleet heading west along the north Brittany coast

Leg two of La Solitaire du Figaro concludes in Paimpol

Solitaire Bompard du Figaro arrives in Cowes

Richomme and Tabarly get a break on leg one of La Solitaire du Figaro

Solitaire du Figaro frontrunners around Wolf Rock

Solitaire du Figaro fleet divides en route to the Lizard

Charlie Dalin out in front in La Solitaire du Figaro

20 knots headwinds for Solitaire du Figaro fleet as they claw their way across Lyme Bay

Solitaire du Figaro sets sail from Deauville

Will Dalin, Lunven, Macaire once again overcome the Brits in this year's race?

Eight Brits amoung 39 solo skippers to set off this Sunday on La Solitaire du Figaro

Artemis' Matson and Elsey come home in sixth

French JPK 10.10 claims the RORC's Channel Race

Much improved British results in this year's Solitaire du Figaro

Groupe Queguiner-Leucemie Espoir enters Solitaire du Figaro history books

La Solitaire du Figaro grand finale into Dieppe due later this evening

Battle for the overall lead between Macaire and Elies as leaders approach Needles Fairway Buoy

Morgan Lagraviere leads the charge across the English Channel to Wolf Rock on the final leg of La Solitaire du Figaro

Yann Elies and Morgan Lagraviere jockey for the lead as the Solitaire du Figaro fleet heads through the Chenal du Four again

The Solitaire du Figaro fleet sets sail on its final leg to Dieppe with 40 knots forecast

The Brits and Irish Figaro sailors look forward to La Solitaire 2003 fourth and final leg

The fortunes of the five Brits and one Irish on leg three of La Solitaire du Figaro

Morgan Lagraviere still ahead on leg 3 of La Solitaire du Figaro as overall leader Yann Elies busts his forestay

As the race only female skipper breaks a spreader