This weekend's Solo Basse Normandie opened the 2015 batting in the Classe Figaro

The return of the old guard in today's doublehanded Figaro race from Concarneau to St Barths

Erwan Tabarly claims victory in the Figaro's Transat Bretagne-Martinique

Well deserve Transat AG2R La Mondiale win for Gildas Morvan and Charlie Dalin

500 miles to go for race leader

Less than 1000 miles to go now for the race leaders

The big turn towards St Barts took place yesterday afternoon

Today could be decisive for the Figaro doublehanders

Cercle Verte continues her split north, as Artemis moves back from the south

Artemis fastest boat in the fleet at the latest sched

Trade winds fill in as leaders predict a big detour south to avoid the high

Bulk of the doublehanded Figaro fleet have gybed

Nacarat and Cercle Verte still swapping the lead as Banque Populaire forges ahead

When to gybe south? That is the question

Nacarat leads the charge out into the Atlantic

The leaders are due to round La Palma turning mark this morning

Cercle Verte pulls into the lead

First out of the front Nacarat eases ahead

Five miles separate top seven as the Figaros have to deal with another cold front

Artemis drops back to eighth as they await the new breeze

The Figaro doublehanders experienced 40+ knots last night on the approach to Cape Finistere

Fred Duthil and François Lebourdais lead as 40 knots is forecast for Sunday night

Armel le Cleac'h back into the lead of the final leg of La Solitaire du Figaro

Figaro constantly hitting 15-16 knots in la Solitaire

Solitaire fleet crossing the Celtic Sea

Can Armel le Cleac'h hold on to his lead in the Kinsale-Cherbourg conclusion to the Solitaire du Figaro

La Solitaire du Figaro reaches Kinsale

150 miles to go to the finish of leg 3 of La Solitaire du Figoar