As predicted, Groupama and Telefónica are giving a master class in reaching speed as the fleet slowly curves up in the

There can be no denying we made a right pig’s ear of the start. Groupama held us high in the last

After a tense night in light winds we seem to be poking our way through the high pressure ridge into better

There haven’t been that many occasions in this race when we have been able to look forward to the three hourly

Another fantastic night sail last night as we cleared the Doldrums and set off blasting across the trades with the spinnaker

24 hours ago we sailed up to Camper as it went dark and managed to roll over the top of them

At the start of this race one of the things I was looking forward to most was some close racing in

It’s amazing how much can be achieved in 24 hours. This is how long we have had Azzam in our hands

It was with some relief that we spotted land today. It came as even more of a relief when we turned

Right now the Southern Ocean is showing us who is boss. We are just shy of 50 degrees south and since

After two days of next to no wind we are finally moving again. We have the spinnaker up and are heading

They call it the Roaring Forties but right now we are experiencing more of a whimper. We have finally reached the

Right now as our competitors sail away at over 20 knots straight down the course we have an unenviable decision to

You couldn’t have had two more contrasting nights than our first two at sea on Leg 5. The first was spent

Thanks to a fantastic effort by our shore team we were able to leave the Viaduct with everything fixed four hours

I couldn’t bring myself to write a blog for the last two days for two reasons. Firstly we were having a