Before taking a break for Christmas and the New Year the British Sailing Team took part in Round 1 of the Portugal Grand Prix in Vilamoura
Sailing News

Vendee Globe – Four more pass Cape Horn . . . Yannick Bestaven suffers steering system failure
Since Thomas Ruyant passed Cape Horn in fourth place Friday night four more Vendee Globe skippers have passed the third Cape

Vendée Globe leaders break free of high pressure ridge to speed northwards
The top two Vendee Globe skippers are breaking free of the zone of lighter winds, a high pressure ridge, which has been blocking their way northwards

Vendee Globe – Leading trio making slow but steady northwards progress in the Atlantic
Even if they are slowed periodically, the leading trio – Yoann Richomme, Charlie Dalin and Sébastien Simon are still making northwards progress in the Atlantic.