The contest in the Volvo Ocean Race is hotting up as the fleet beats up the Danish coast, 46 miles off Hvide Sand with just five miles separating first place to last. Brasil 1 (Torben Grael) is holds the lead, two miles ahead of ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse). Grael’s nearest rival on points overall is Paul Cayard’s Pirates of the Caribbean, who is currently in fifth place on this leg, three miles behind the Brazilians. In this scenario, Cayard and Grael are equal on overall points, but Grael would take second place in the race overall in this tie-break situation as the Brazilians have won a leg of the race and Cayard’s team has not.

The second scrap in this final leg affects fourth position overall. Currently ABN AMRO TWO is in second place on the leg which raises them to fourth on the overall leaderboard, relegating Ericsson (Neal McDonald) to fifth. However, there are still 237 miles to race to the finish in Gothenburg and with the wind forecast to go light, it’s game on.

Brunel (Matt Humphries) reported fog at 0800 GMT this morning and the team was relying on its radar to track the boats around them. The wind initially freed the fleet earlier this morning, but it has now gone hard right into the north east and the fleet are all close hauled on starboard tack. The fleet has 129 miles to race to the northern tip of Denmark and the entrance to the Skagerrat sea.

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