Cape to Rio fleet in store for 50 knot headbanger

Fresh challenges for Giovanni Soldini's modified VO70 in 2014

Zegna on board as Fiat boss John Elkann joins Giovanni Soldini's crew for the Transpac

Breeze returns for Giovanni Soldini's Gold Route record attempt

Maserati closing on finish of her New York to San Francisco record attempt

Maserati negotiates a second Doldrums crossing on her New York-San Francisco record attempt

Giovanni Soldini's modified VO70 currently ahead of Gitana's outright record pace

Giovanni Soldini and his team due to round Cape Horn tomorrow morning

However how to get there?

Giovanni Soldini's crew back up to speed after being caught in a trough on her NY-San Fran attempt

Giovanni Soldini on track for New York-San Francisco record attempt

The latest from Giovanni Soldini's attempt on the New York-San Francisco record

Giovanni Soldini's New York-San Francisco attempt to get underway this afternoon

Giovanni Soldini's modified VO70 gets nailed by an area of high pressure on W-E transatlantic record attempt

Still just ahead of the record, Soldini and his team are currently passing through a ridge

Giovanni Soldini's modified VO70 passes Newfoundland

No small task to beat the record of a boat twice as long...

Giovanni Soldini and his all-star cast set the bar

Giovanni Soldini and crew set sail on their bid to set the monohull reference time from Cadiz to San Salvador