As Francois Gabart is presented with the Legion d'Honneur

Impressive record for Swiss Vendee Globe skipper

Lively finale for le Cam and Golding

Le Cam and Golding set for a breezy Vendee Globe finish with the Frenchman on a faster angle

As Javier Sanso reveals more about Acciona's capsize and we look at the Golding v le Cam dust-up

Banque Populaire and MACIF up to 19 knots

As le Cam and Golding cross the Equator

No word yet on Virbac's retirement, as le Cam and Golding speed towards the Equator

MACIF and Banque Populaire makes their turns around the high

More thoughts about Virbac Paprec's keel lost, as Golding and le Cam continue to jockey for fifth place

As Jean le Cam and Mike Golding are set to cross tacks

As South Atlantic boats continue to wait for the trade winds to free them up

Mike Golding still on the breeze as he tries to edge past Jean le Cam

As Alex Thomson takes on the Doldrums

As Golding lines up to fully nail Jean le Cam

First two boats across the Doldrums as le Cam recovers fifth

Vendee Globe leaders set to better 1994 Jules Verne Trophy time

As MACIF is set to cross the Equator today

Thomson hanging in there, as the route ahead is blocked by high pressure for le Cam and Golding

As Virbac Paprec 3 regains third place and Mirabaud has a flutter

As MACIF and Banque Populaire tack north as the trade winds turn favourable

As four more boats round Cape Horn and Bernard Stamm formally becomes the race's eighth retiree

As Golding rounds Cape Horn and Alex Thomson strikes gold off the Argentine coast

As Virbac Paprec 3 suffers a broken strop on her forestay

As Jean le Cam faces challenging conditions tomorrow at Cape Horn

Leaders slow as Bertard Stamm is on a charge as the International Jury reopen his case

As Jean-Pierre Dick tells of getting his large genniker down since it got stuck up mid-December

British skipper dices with the ice south of the Diego Ramirez islands