Four rookie Chinese sailors were today revealed as crewmembers in Dongfeng Race Team’s final 10-strong race squad for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15.

IMOCA 60s and Volvo Ocean 65s will be competing in the eighth edition of the Artemis Challenge to take place on 7 August.

Frenchman Charles Caudrelier was announced as skipper of Dongfeng Race Team at the Official Christening in Sanya today.

A sticky, light winds finish was not really what was wanted by the Class 40 duos which finished over the course of Monday morning in Itajaí, Brazil.

The elastic is extending again in favour of the Class40 leaders in the Transat Jacques Vabre with Sébastien Rogues and Fabien Delahaye on GDF Suez now back up to 53 miles ahead of secon

The final boat to finish in the Transat Jacques Vabre's IMOCA 60 class is due to arrive later this morning in the form of popular Vendee Globe competitor Tanguy de Lamotte and François

Over the last 24 hours Itajaí, Brazil has seen a deluge of arrivals from the Transat Jacques Vabre.

The latest arrival into Itajaí at the end of the Transat Jacques Vabre is Gilles Lamiré and Andrea Mura on their trimaran Rennes/Saint-Malo Agglomeration third in the Multi 5

Arriving in Itajaí early yesterday morning, to take fourth place in the Transat Jacques Vabre's IMOCA 60 class, Cheminees Poujoulat skipper Bernard Stamm's emotions were slight

Following PRB's victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre's IMOCA 60 class yesterday, so the first four boats have arrived in Itajaí with Marc Guillemot and Pascal Bidégorry on <