Monday 5 September: Nico Budel and Sec.Hayai left Holland over the weekend heading for the start line in Palma following the yacht’s successful 180 degree self-righting test in the team’s home port

Tuesday 6 September: Global Ocean Race round-the-world Chilean yachtsman, Felipe Cubillos was among the 21 passengers and crew on a Chilean Air Force plane that crashed off the island of Juan Fernández on Friday

Wednesday 7 September: with 18 days to the start of the GOR remaining, the final entry list for the race is now published.

Saturday 10 September: The GOR Race Village was officially opened on Friday. The GOR’s prologue race, supported by the Real Club Náutico de Palma, has been scheduled for Sunday 18 September

Wednesday 14 September: With 12 days until the start of the double-handed Class40 GOR, the five teams already based in the event’s start port of Palma, Mallorca, continue the build-up process to the start gun on Sunday 25 September

Sunday 18 September: With one week to the start of the GOR remaining, two of the double-handed Class40 teams joined the Regata Social de Bienvenida al Camper on Sunday afternoon

Tuesday 20 September: The youngest GOR team has landed corporate funding for their nine-month, round-the-world campaign. Conrad Colman and Hugo Ramón have entered into a partnership with the Cessna Aircraft Company; the leading designer and manufacturer of light and midsize business jets, utility turboprops and single-engine aircraft

Wednesday 21 September: The GOR can confirm the prizes for the event’s virtual race. The prizes include a VIP day sailing on Alex Thomson’s IMOCA Open 60, Hugo Boss; a top-of-the-range Garmin chartplotter; Navy SEAL watches from the GOR’s Official Timekeeper, Luminox; GOR Special Edition Bollé sunglasses and limited edition Alex Thomson Racing (ATR) – Hugo Boss souvenir books plus ATR ‘goody bags’

Thursday 22 September: Nico Budel and Ruud van Rijsewijk arrived in Palma on Wednesday afternoon to complete the GOR’s Class40 line-up

Friday 23 September: Celox Sailing joins the GOR as sponsor. Celox Sailing is also the first, double-handed Class40 entered in the single-handed and double-handed Global Ocean Race 2013-14 with their new Akilaria RC2, Gust Buster

Samedi septembre: avec 24 heures avant le coup de feu de départ de la course en double sur Class40, la Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR), l’atmosphère reste calme autour des voiliers accostés dos au village de course à Palma, Majorque

Sunday 25 September: At 14:00 local time (12:00 GMT) the six double-handed Class40’s in the Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) fleet crossed the start line in Palma, Mallorca, with 7,000 miles to Cape Town ahead of them

Monday 26 September: Following a light-airs start, the six double-handed Class40s are now in good, following breeze, running down to the Straits of Gibraltar with Ross and Campbell Field on BSL at the front of the fleet

Tuesday 27 September: The GOR fleet head towards the Strait of Gibraltar after fast downwind sailing from Palma

Thursday 29 September: The windless zone off Morocco continues to stall Phesheya-Racing as the fleet leaders pick up new breeze and head away from the coast, leaving inquisitive fishing boats, poorly-behaved team mascots and frustration astern.

Wednesday 28 September: Strong easterly breeze shot the GOR fleet through the Strait of Gibraltar and into the North Atlantic, but an area of light wind off the coast of Morocco is blocking progress south

Friday 30 September: While the South African duo on Phesheya-Racing escaped the light conditions off Morocco, they still have difficult conditions ahead as the fleet leaders, Campagne de France and BSL, reach the Canary Islands

Saturday 1 October: With the fleet leaders passing east of the Canary Islands and finding light breeze off the African coast, the majority of the GOR Class40s are now stuck in a frustrating zone of minimal wind

Sunday 2 October: With a band of breeze keeping the GOR Class40s pinned to the coast of Africa, the hazards of sailing close to land are becoming evident

Monday 3 October: The perils of sailing close to the coast and very mixed conditions continue as the Trade Winds remain elusive

Tuesday 4 October: While encounters with fishing boats continue for the Class40s, fresh north-easterly breeze has arrived and the lead boats are now pulling away from the coast of Africa

Wednesday  5 October: The GOR leaders are approaching the Cape Verde Islands as speeds begin to rise throughout the fleet with Campagne de France inching away from BSL and Cessna Citation pushing hard in third place

Thursday 6 October: The GOR fleet is currently spread over the 400 miles separating the Cape Verde Islands from Africa. While the Class40s to the north-east of the archipelago continue to enjoy the Trade Winds, the breeze has run out for the leaders as they sail through the islands

Friday  7 October: With half the GOR fleet through the barrier of the Cape Verde Islands, a quick route south for the leaders is threatened by a wall of light winds that may spread west across their path while the three boats further north and heading west may stay in more stable breeze

Saturday 8 October: The GOR fleet leaders are slowing as they sail closer to the Doldrums and the ‘accordion effect’ is now in play. North of the leaders, high-stakes are being gambled as the chasing pack splits east and west for the transit through the unpredictable barrier to the south of the fleet

Sunday 9 October: With significant losses and gains at the front of the GOR fleet, the chasing pack are considering the options very carefully

Monday 10 October: The leading GOR Class40s, Campagne de France and BSL, are into more stable conditions as the chasing duo of Cessna Citation and Financial Crisis prepare to transit the Doldrums. The westerly route taken by Phesheya-Racing and Sec. Hayai has added distance on the leaderboard, but the forecast should soon provide a rapid descent to the Equator

Tuesday 11 October: While the fleet leaders are into the South-East Trades, the mid-fleet are in the grips of the Doldrums and the longer, western route by the backmarkers begins to pay

Wednesday 12 October: While the mid-fleet Class40’s bunch together as they try and un-stick from the Doldrums, the fleet leaders are stretching away close to the Equator and heading for the Fastnet Marine Insurance Scoring Gate

Thursday 13 October: While Campagne de France and BSL are closing in on the Fastnet Marine Insurance Scoring Gate, the Doldrums agony continues as Cessna Citation finds the exit door
UPDATE: Campagne de France crossed the Fastnet Marine Insurance Gate in first place at 17:08:45 GMT on Thursday

Friday 14 October: As the fleet leaders rip south off the coast of Brazil, the Doldrums are finally loosening their grip on the rest of the fleet

Saturday 15 October: Phesheya-Racing and Sec. Hayai are out of the Doldrums and into the SE Trades. Cessna Citation and Financial Crisis are across the Equator and Campagne de France and BSL are fighting for every mile off the coast of Brazil

Sunday 16 October: All the GOR Class40s are in the Southern Hemisphere and picking up speed as they drop south. With fast reaching for those south of the Fastnet Marine Scoring Gate and constant slamming upwind for the boats further north, conditions on board are becoming tough

Monday 17 October: The South Atlantic has thrown a very threatening, high pressure obstacle into the path of the GOR fleet. While Campagne de France and BSL are hammering south and may escape the system, it’s time to make a major decision for the remaining four Class40s

Tuesday 18 October: Campagne de France and BSL are hammering through the South Atlantic with the prospect of catching following breeze all the way across to Cape Town. Cessna Citation is pushing hard, but the door looks likely to close on the remainder of the GOR fleet

Wednesday 19 October: Big breeze arrives for the fleet leaders with one recorded knockdown while the remaining Class40s gamble with increasingly complex weather

Thursday 20 October: With the leaders breaking for the south, the GOR fleet is now spread over 1,000 miles across the South Atlantic. Headwinds for the main group of four boats now presents challenging and demanding conditions after 25 days of racing

Friday 21 October: With under four miles separating Campagne de France and BSL, the competition at the front of the fleet is entering a new phase. In the main pack of Class40s, Cessna Citation and Financial Crisis are tacking into headwinds with Phesheya-Racing and Sec. Hayai closing in

Saturday 22 October: Early on Saturday morning, Ross and Campbell Field took the lead with BSL. On Campagne de France, Miranda Merron made an essential trip to the top of the mast while the remainder of the fleet are being hammered by strong headwinds

Sunday 23 October: While BSL puts in extra miles ahead of Campagne de France, the main pack of Class40s are reaching a decisive moment in Leg 1 as they look at the options for avoiding the high-pressure system directly in their path

Monday 24 October: The leading pair of Class40s are now within 1,000 miles of the finish line while the four boats further north are smashing through the South Atlantic in strong headwinds

Wednesday 26 October: With the first GOR Class40 due across the finish line on Friday morning, there is no easing-up for the two lead boats

Thursday 27 October: Just 80 miles separate the leading Class40s in the final, tricky miles into Cape Town. In the mid-South Atlantic, the pack of four Class40s are risking everything with a dissolving high-pressure system

Friday 28 October: Ross and Campbell Field take first place with Class40 BSL, finishing 89 miles ahead of Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron on Campagne de France

Saturday 29 October: Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron crossed the GOR Leg 1 finish line on Friday night after a brutal series of days in the South Atlantic. The Franco-British duo are the second Class40 across the Cape Town finish line

Sunday 30 October: The main pack of GOR Class40s is split by tactics with the upwind, northern option taken by Cessna Citation against the southerly, reaching option of Financial Crisis, Phesheya-Racing and Sec. Hayai. The next 48 hours will be crucial for the four boats

Monday 31 October: Marco Nannini and Paul Peggs with Financial Crisis have taken the lead in the second wave of GOR Class40s

Tuesday 1 November: With a leadership change in the main pack of Class40s and the fleet grouping south-west of the finish in Cape Town, the final stage of Leg 1 is anybody’s game

Wednesday 2 November: After three days at the front of the GOR’s main pack of Class40s, Nannini and Peggs are sailing on the edge, defending their position against attack from the north and south with 750 miles to the Leg 1 finish

Thursday 3 November: Auto Atlantic BMW and MINI Dealer continues its involvement with offshore racing through support of the Global Ocean Race 2011-12 in Cape Town

Thursday 3 November: With the distance between the leading two Class40s closing to 92 miles and under 500 miles of Leg 1 remaining, both Financial Crisis and Cessna Citation are risking it all for a place on the podium in Cape Town

Thursday 3 November: With the distance between the leading two Class40s closing to 92 miles and under 500 miles of Leg 1 remaining, both Financial Crisis and Cessna Citation are risking it all for a place on the podium in Cape Town

Friday 4 November: Despite a prolonged attack from Cessna Citation, Marco Nannini and Paul Peggs on Financial Crisis are holding onto the lead with just 12 miles separating the two Class40s. With the wind moving slightly to the west, the reaching advantage held by Colman and Ramon is now diminished and third place remains up for grabs

Saturday 5 November: Marco Nannini and Paul Peggs with Financial Crisis took third place in the GOR’s Leg 1 early on Saturday morning defending a strong attack from Conrad Colman and Hugo Ramon on Cessna Citation

Sunday 6 November: the South African, double-handed Class40 team of Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire crossed the GOR’s Leg 1 finish line in Cape Town on Sunday afternoon taking fifth place

Monday 7 November: The Dutch duo of Nico Budel and Ruud van Rijsewijk crossed the GOR Leg 1 finish line on Monday morning in Cape Town taking sixth place

Sunday 13 November: The South African duo on Class40 Phesheya-Racing are attracting media attention and strong financial and moral support in their homeport of Cape Town

Wednesday 16 November: Italian-Slovak Class40 skipper, Marco Naninni, was guest of honour at a party hosted by the Slovakian Ambassador to South Africa, His Excellency, Ladislav Straka

Thursday 17 November: Two of the double-handed, Class40 GOR teams are using the ‘Team Option’ of swapping crew in Cape Town. Marco Nannini with Financial Crisis and Nico Budel with Sec. Hayai are changing co-skippers for Leg 2 from Cape Town to Wellington, New Zealand

Sunday 20 November: In Leg 1, the winning virtual yacht of French gamer, francois31Danfers, completed the course from Palma, Mallorca, to Cape Town in 31 days and 20 hours; slightly 24 hours faster than the GOR’s winning Leg 1 Class40, BSL of the New Zealand father-and-son team, Ross and Campbell Field

Friday 25 November: GOR skipper, Conrad Colman, has recruited two fresh co-skippers for Class40 Cessna Citation. Sam Goodchild will race with Colman on Leg 2 from Cape Town to Wellington, New Zealand, and Adrian Kuttel will join Colman for Leg 3 from Wellington to Punta del Este, Uruguay

Tuesday 22 November: Despite Class40’s impressive track record of safety and durability, the GOR Race Committee cannot be complacent, especially with the added risk of icebergs, ‘growlers’ and ‘bergy-bits’ drifting increasingly further north into the Indian Ocean from Antarctica and presenting a major threat to the GOR fleet on their classic circumnavigation route through the Southern Ocean

Friday 25 November: Originally scheduled to sart this Sunday, the Race Committee of the Global Ocean Race, has postponed the start of Leg 2 from Cape Town due to a forecast 40-45 knot headwinds

Saturday 26 November: The GOR Leg 1 prize giving at the Royal Cape Yacht Club, Cape Town, included some surprising awards

Sunday 27 November: As Nico and Frans Budel continue to fix keel problems on Sec. Hayai, the restart time for Leg 2 has been fixed at 12:00 local (10:00 GMT) on Tuesday

Monday 28 November: With some unexpected outside assistance, Southern Ocean ice data has become available and the ice limits for Leg 2 have been reset as the six double-handed teams make final preparations in Cape Town for the start on Tuesday

Tuesday 29 November: In stunning conditions across Table Bay, the six GOR Class40s are hurtling south at the start of Leg two from Cape Town to Wellington, New Zealand

Wednesday 30 November: GOR Class40 Sec. Hayai has dismasted off the Cape of Good Hope. Nico Budel and his son, Frans, are uninjured and have returned to Cape Town and are currently making plans for a replacement mast with the option of re-joining the race

Thursday 1 December: As the GOR Class40s plummet into the Southern Ocean, Cessna Citation has broken from the pack while the Fields have been dodging whales with BSL

Friday 2 December: South of Africa by 200 miles, the GOR Class40 fleet ran into light airs waiting for the westerlies to push them east and south, deeper into the Indian Ocean. On Friday morning, Campagne de France and BSL, furthest south in the fleet, dug into new breeze

Sunday 4 December: With under 36 miles between the front of the pack, the fleet are pinned down to the GOR’s ice limit at 42 degrees South, running downwind to the eastern end of the no-go zone before dropping deeper into the Southern Ocean

Monday 5 December: The leaderboard ranking continues to change hourly after six days at sea. At the head of the fleet, Cessna Citation and Campagne de France continue swapping pole position, separated by a handful of miles since Friday, while BSL in third is closing down fast on the lead duo with the two trailing Class40s, Financial Crisis and Phesheya-Racing, enjoying a private battle and making gains on the frontrunners

Tuesday 6 December: Close competition has always been a basis of the Class40 Association, but after one week and over 1,300 miles of racing through the Indian Ocean, the five, double-handed, Class40s in the Global Ocean Race are taking this characteristic to extremes

Wednesday 7 December: Campagne de France, Cessna Citation and BSL are now clear of the ice limit and dropping south towards Kerguelen

Thursday 8 December: Cessna Citation squeezes ahead of Campagne de France as the fleet wait for a cold front-hammering in the Roaring Forties

Friday 9 December: With humidity off the scale, thick fog and building breeze, the GOR Class40s are in for a long night as a cold front sweeps through the fleet

Saturday 10 December: The leaders are at full pace, closing in on the Celox Sailing Scoring Gate in the middle of the Indian Ocean with Cessna Citation blasting ahead. Further north, Financial Crisis and Phesheya-Racing have locked down in the cold front
STOP PRESS: Cessna Citation crossed the Celox Sailing Scoring Gate in first place shortly after 15:00 GMT on Saturday. Colman and Goodchild take the maximum 6 points

Sunday 11 December: Having taken maximum points at the Celox Sailing Scoring Gate and recorded an incredible 343-mile, 24-hour run, Cessna Citation is still increasing speed

Monday 12 December: With the cold front rolling through the fleet, the leaders are dropping south, high-speed reaching, while Financial Crisis and Phesheya-Racing hammer through hellish conditions behind the front

Tuesday 13 December: A vicious low pressure system forces a tough call and heavy upwind sailing for Financial Crisis and Phesheya-Racing; Mabire and Merron are sticking with Plan A on Campagne de France; Cessna Citation and BSL are staying close in their ascent to the ice limit

Wednesday 14 December: The windless isolation of Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron on Campagne de France in third place has ceased; Conrad Colman and Sam Goodchild on Cessna Citation and Ross and Campbell Field on BSL hammer through variable conditions; Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon on Financial Crisis and the South African team of Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire on Phesheya-Racing have finished their painful upwind struggle

Thursday 15 December: The low pressure system has left the two westerly boats, Financial Crisis and Phesheya-Racing, battered and bruised before moving on the give Campagne de France a hammering. The two leading boats, Cessna Citation and BSL, reached the western end of the Ice Limit at 45S and the speeds are getting intense

Friday 16 December: After 17 days and 4,000 miles of hard racing, the five, double-handed, Global Ocean Race Class40s are undergoing the toughest sailing so far in Leg 2 from Cape Town to Wellington, New Zealand, as the Southern Ocean bares its teeth

Saturday 17 December: With a low pressure system sweeping eastwards below the double-handed Class40s, many boats have switched to survival mode as a Force 9 gale blasts squalls and intensely strong south-westerly wind  through the fleet’s narrow corridor between 42S and 45S in the Indian Ocean’s Roaring Forties

Sunday 18 December: Cessna Citation and BSL are dropping down through the Roaring Forties as they clear the Australian Ice Limit

Monday 19 December: The latest Kiwi 40FC Class40 launched by BT Boats in New Zealand in early December has officially entered the Global Ocean Race 2013-14. The yacht’s American skipper, Dave Rearick, will enter his Class40, Bodacious Dream, in the single-handed division of the round-the-world, Class40 race

Monday 19 December: The Indian Ocean’s Roaring Forties continue to punish the double-handed Class40s. As the leaders plummet south led by Cessna Citation, there has been drama on BSL in a 48-knot squall and, further west, Financial Crisis flew out of control in a 55-knot gust

Tuesday 20 December: Although Phesheya-Racing and Campagne de France have escaped the worst of the gales, Financial Crisis, BSL and Cessna Citation are in the thick of a Roaring Forties battle

Wednesday 21 December: Down below 47 degrees South, Cessna Citation and BSL have been breaking and resetting the GOR’s 24-hour distance records as the two boats fast-reached east in sustained 30-35-knot winds while above the Australian Ice Limit at 45S, Financial Crisis in fourth place was hurled towards this virtual safety barrier in 60-knot, northerly gusts

Wednesday 21 December: The French port of Les Sables d’Olonne is now confirmed as the finish port for the Global Ocean Race 2011-12

Thursday 22 December: As the leading double-handed Class40s prepare to enter the Tasman Sea with 1,200 miles of Leg 2 remaining, the light conditions are conspiring to shake up the ranking table for the remaining miles to the finish line in Wellington

Friday 23 December: The park-up south of Tasmania continues for the leading Class40s with Cessna Citation and BSL grinding to a halt and Campagne de France swooping down from the north as Financial Crisis and Phesheya-Racing exit the Australian Ice Limit

Saturday 24 December:  South of Tasmania, the Christmas park-up has been temporarily suspended for the leaders as Cessna Citation and BSL are on the move again with Campagne de France hard on the chase, although the weather for the Tasman Sea crossing is far from clear. West of the leading trio by 700 miles, Financial Crisis and Phesheya-Racing face a Christmas Eve and Christmas Day gale at 45S

Monday 26 December: While the leading trio of Class40s struggled with fickle and frustrating light airs south and south-east of Tasmania, the two boats further west had a Christmas Day pasting in 47 knots of wind, but delivered impressive speeds

Tuesday 27 December: A tough Christmas Day for the westerly Class40s was followed by a headwind hammering for the two leading boats to the east on Boxing Day in the Tasman Sea with the fleet’s distance accordion now beginning to squeeze in a tune-up to the Wellington arrival overture

Wednesday 28 December: The leading duo of Cessna Citation and BSL are separated by 110 miles and have entered an area of light airs off the western coast of South Island; Campagne de France is also trapped in a breeze vacuum; further west, Financial Crisis and Phesheya-Racing were in strong westerly wind and making good progress, despite a batten-breaking crash gybe for the Italian-Spanish team on Financial Crisis

Thursday 29 December: After 29 days and 7,000 miles of racing through the high-latitudes of the Indian Ocean, the five, double-handed Class40s are being severely tested as they approach the Leg 2 finish line in Wellington, New Zealand

Thursday 29 December: The GOR's Geovoile Race Viewer update frequency has been increased to once every hour for the imminent finish of Cessna Citation and BSL

Friday 30 December: At 08:20:40 GMT (21:20:40 local) on Friday 30 December, the youngest team in the GOR, Conrad Colman and Sam Goodchild, crossed the GOR’s Leg 2 finish line in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, in first place on their Akilaria RC2 Class40, Cessna Citation

Saturday 31 December: Ross and Campbell Field are spending New Year’s Eve battling 50-60 knots and breaking seas in Cook Strait

Sunday 1 January: With the boat and the crew baring battle scars from 7,000 miles and 32 days of racing, Ross and Campbell Field have taken second place in Leg 2 with Class40 BSL

Monday 2 December: Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron crossed the double-handed Global Ocean Race Leg 2 finish line in Wellington, New Zealand, in third place with Class40 Campagne de France after 33 days 10 hours 40 minutes and 15 seconds

Monday 2 December: The Italian-Spanish team of Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon crossed the Leg 2 finish line in Wellington with Financial Crisis taking fourth place after 33 days 20 hours 13 minutes and 45 seconds

Wednesday 4 December: After 35 days of racing, the South African duo of Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire are about to enter Cook Strait for the final 100 miles of Leg 2

Thursday 5 January: In the moonless and cloudless pre-dawn, Phesheya-Racing ‘turned left’ out of Cook Strait between the Barrett Reef buoy and Pencarrow Head for a final, bone-shaking beat in 45 knots under triple-reefed main and staysail to take 5th place in GOR Leg 2

Monday 9 January: With the five GOR Class40s moored in Wellington Harbour, a look back at the 7,500 miles through the Indian Ocean’s high latitudes from Cape Town to New Zealand reveals over a month of record breaking speeds; intense storms; frustrating calms and a final battering in Cook Strait

Thursday 12 January: At the halfway stage in the 33,000 mile GOR circumnavigation, the Class40 teams are ensuring their boats are fully-prepared for Leg 3 through the Southern Ocean and the remaining 15,000 miles to the finish line in Les Sables d’Olonne, France

Sunday 15 January: In the closing stages of GOR Leg 2, a harsh lesson was learnt on Class40 Cessna Citation through quick thinking; instinct and training when Conrad Colman and Sam Goodchild dealt quickly with a Man Over Board (MOB) off the west coast of South Island, New Zealand

Monday 16 January: During Leg 3 of Global Ocean Race, the fleet will round Cape Horn, Chile, as they exit the Southern Ocean and enter the South Atlantic en route to the finish line in Punta del Este, Uruguay. At the longitude of Cape Horn, the boats will pass through the Felipe Cubillos Cape Horn Gate, named after the late Chilean yachtsman and competitor in the inaugural 2008-09 GOR

Tuesday 17 January: The third BT Boats Kiwi40FC Class40, Bodacious Dream, was recently launched at Hakes Marine in Wellington, New Zealand. Before the boat leaves for the US, her American skipper, Dave Rearick, is taking the boat test sailing in Wellington Harbour

Friday 20 January: During the GOR’s Leg 2 from Cape Town, South Africa, to Wellington, an online donation received by Nannini and Ramon has led directly to some extra branding on their Class40’s hull and a strong link to the Wellington Multiple Sclerosis Society

Sunday 22 January: The GOR’s Leg 3 bluQube Scoring Gate has been fixed in the Southern Ocean

Tuesday 24 January: South African sailor, Adrian Kuttel, has arrived in New Zealand to join Kiwi skipper, Conrad Colman, for the 6,300-mile course through the Pacific Ocean, around Cape Horn and through the South Atlantic to Punta del Este, Uruguay, on the Akilaria RC2 Class40, Cessna Citation

Thursday 26 January: On Thursday evening local time, the double-handed, Class40 Global Ocean Race Leg 2 prize giving was held at the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club

Sunday 29 January: At 15:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Sunday, the double-handed Global Ocean Race (GOR) fleet started Leg 3 from Wellington, New Zealand, to Punta del Este, Uruguay, with a 6,200-mile course through the Pacific Ocean, around Cape Horn and through the South Atlantic ahead of the five Class40s

Monday 30 January: Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon take a gamble and separate from the fleet with Financial Crisis as the main pack stay tight to the north

Tuesday 31 January: Campagne de France, Buckley Systems and Cessna Citation have all held first place over the past 24 hours as the pace quickens in the Roaring Forties

Wednesday 1 February: With a low pressure system blocking their route and the prospect of strong headwinds, the five GOR Class40s and plunging south

Wednesday 1 February: Having dropped south, the GOR fleet are unable to avoid strong headwinds

Friday 3 February: Buckley Systems and Campagne de France are heading west with gear problems, injury and some very hard judgement calls

Saturday 4 February: As the Southern Ocean gale subsides, the GOR Class40s are keeping in constant contact as they approach the most remote section of Leg 3

Sunday 5 February: Further headwinds predicted for the Class40s

Monday 6 February: Phesheya-Racing has been forced to heave-to in a Roaring Forties gale and brutal seas while Financial Crisis and Cessna Citation are hurtling south with the risk of ice increasing

Tuesday 7 February: Cessna Citation and Financial Crisis have tacked north-east away from the Furious Fifties and are heading to the bluQube Scoring Gate with an end to the headwinds in sight. The South Africans on Phesheya-Racing have hove-to a second time and are repairing their autopilots

Wednesday 8 February: The South Africans on Phesheya-Racing have fixed their pilot problems following 12 hours hove-to and now face a Southern Ocean rendezvous with Tropical Cyclone Cyril as Cessna Citation and Financial Crisis close in on the bluQube Scoring Gate

Thursday 9 February: With further headwinds forecast for the fleet leaders and the immediate threat of ice in the past, the bluQube Scoring Gate has been extended south to prevent a further upwind hammering

Friday 10 February: As the GOR fleet leaders approach the most remote stretch of water on the planet, Cessna Citation takes maximum points at the mid-Pacific bluQube Scoring Gate as Financial Crisis lose a spinnaker and the South Africans on Phesheya-Racing ride out more headwinds

Saturday 11 February: Cessna Citation is dropping south in benign conditions as Financial Crisis gets jammed in a light zone and Phesheya-Racing is finally rewarded with off-wind sailing

Sunday 12 February: For the first time in 12 days, the GOR trio are all sailing downwind en route to Cape Horn

Monday 13 February: As Cessna Citation stalls in light airs and Financial Crisis makes big gains, Adrian Kuttel has dealt with a serious infection

Tuesday 14 February: Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon on Financial Crisis have slashed the lead held by Conrad Colman and Adrian Kuttel on Cessna Citation

Wednesday 15 February: Cessna Citation and Financial Crisis are elbow-to-elbow at 56S while Phesheya-Racing claws back the miles in strong conditions

Thursday 16 February: With the first sighting of icebergs at 56S, Cessna Citation and Financial Crisis are on high alert as Phesheya-Racing crosses the bluQube Scoring Gate and drops south closer to the ice zone

Friday 17 February: As Cessna Citation and Financial Crisis drop even deeper into the Southern Ocean, just a handful of miles will decide pole position. To the north-west, Phesheya-Racing is making big gains and has weathered another gale

Saturday 18 February: with 1,000 miles to Cape Horn, Financial Crisis has taken the lead from Cessna Citation

Sunday 19 February: Cessna Citation is closing in on Financial Crisis as southerly breeze and fast reaching begins

Monday 20 February: Conrad Colman and Adrian Kuttel are back in the lead with 450 miles remaining to Cape Horn

Tuesday 21 February: For the GOR leaders, the past 24 hours have forced hard decisions in the approach to the Felipe Cubillos Cape Horn Gate

Wednesday 22 February: Conrad Colman and Adrian Kuttel rounded Cape Horn with Cessna Citation ahead of the forecast gale on Wednesday morning and Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon are back up to speed with Financial Crisis

Thursday 23 February: As Cessna Citation commits to heading east of the Falkland Islands, Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon are approaching Cape Horn with Financial Crisis and the South Africans on Phesheya-Racing are still dropping south

Friday 24 February: Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon raced through the Felipe Cubillos Cape Horn Gate late on Thursday evening and are currently climbing out of the Southern Ocean

Saturday 25 February: As Financial Crisis enters the South Atlantic, Phehseya-Racing is steadily climbing north towards Cape Horn

Sunday 26 February: With an ETA  at the finish line of Tuesday evening, Conrad Colman and Adrian Kuttel are making good speeds with Cessna Citation while Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon tackle headwinds south-west of the Falklands. In the Southern Ocean, Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire are lining up to round Cape Horn

Monday 27 February: Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire crossed the Felipe Cubillos Cape Horn Gate at 18: GMT on Monday with Phehseya-Racing winning the Cape Horn Navigation Prize

Tuesday 28 February: As Phesheya-Racing enters the South Atlantic, The conditions have improved for Financial Crisis and a patch of light wind threatens to prolong the final miles for race leader, Cessna Citation

Wednesday 29 February: After one month of racing through the Pacific Ocean and South Atlantic, Conrad Colman and Adrian Kuttel take first place at the Leg 3 finish line in Punta del Este, Uruguay, with Cessna Citation

Thursday 1 March: Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire were caught in kelp, drifting towards a rocky shoreline in the Jason Islands

Friday 2 March: Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon are closing in on the Argentine coast with headwinds likely for the final miles to the finish line while Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire have continued upwind conditions for the foreseeable future on Phesheya-Racing

Saturday 3 March: For the Italian-Spanish team, just 112 miles remain in Leg 3 after 34 days of racing

Sunday 4 March: The Italian-Slovak skipper, Marco Nannini, and his Spanish co-skipper, Hugo Ramon, have taken second in GOR Leg 3 with Class40 Financial Crisis

Monday 5 March: Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire have sustained and survived a violent knockdown in 35-40 knots

Tuesday 6 March: The South Africans are out of the Roaring Forties and following winds have brought relief

Wednesday 7 March: Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire have completed the 6,300 mile GOR Leg 3 in Punta del Este, Uruguay

Thursday 15 February: Nico Budel and Class40 Sec. Hayai re-join the GOR fleet in Punta del Este, Uruguay, for Legs 4 & 5

Monday 19 March: Australian sailor, Scott Cavanough, is confirmed as co-skipper for Conrad Colman for GOR Legs 3 & 4

Tuesday 20 March: Votes can be submitted by visiting the Luminox Facebook gallery of onboard images taken by the Class40 skippers during Leg 3 through the high latitudes of the Pacific Ocean, around Cape Horn and through the South Atlantic from Wellington, New Zealand, to Punta del Este, Uruguay. Offshore racing fans can vote for their favourite photograph by clicking the ‘Like’ icon in the Luminox Facebook gallery

Wednesday 21 March: The engagement of Italian-Slovak skipper, Marco Nannini, to his girlfriend and a new co-skipper for GOR Legs 4 & 5 are two new partnerships announced in Punta del Este, Uruguay

Thursday 22 March: Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire have completed three legs of the GOR spending 118 days of the past six months racing offshore without a title sponsor: a feat that has been achieved through a mix of family and corporate support and a current re-birth of interest in offshore racing in their home country

Sunday 25 March: Having re-joined the GOR for Legs 4 & 5, Nico Budel is racing in the next leg from Punta del Este, Uruguay, to Charleston, USA, with fellow Dutchman, Erik van Vuuren

Thursday 29 March: Held at the Conrad Hotel, Punta del Este, the GOR Leg 3 Prize Giving was organised by the Yacht Club Punta del Este and the Uruguay Ministry of Tourism. An evening during which the GOR committed to retuning to Punta del Este for the 2013-14 GOR

Saturday 31 March: Due to the unavoidable delay in the arrival of the GOR 40ft shipping container carrying spare sails and vital supplies, the Leg 4 start from Punta del Este, Uruguay, to Charleston, USA, has been postponed by 24 hours until Monday 2 April

Monday 2 April: The four GOR Class40s crossed the Punta del Este start line on Monday afternoon with 30 days and 5,700 miles of racing ahead

Tuesday 3 March: Light winds are giving the new co-skippers a chance to slip gently into the race

Thursday 5 April: 34 miles separate the four Class40s as the fleet heads upwind into the South Atlantic

Friday 6 April: As a front passed through the GOR fleet, the lead of Cessna Citation was severely under threat, but Colman and Cavanough are pulling away

Saturday 7 April: The downwind sailing is drawing to a close as the fleet experience light headwinds as they approach the Brazilian coast

Sunday 8 April: It's back upwind for the fleet in light and complicated conditions

Monday 9 April: Cessna Citation has cleared the cape blocking the fleet’s path as Financial Crisis heads offshore and Phesheya-Racing and Sec. Hayai attempt to squeeze passed the barrier at Cape São Tomé

Tuesday 10 April: As the breeze hints at stabilising for Cessna Citation, further south, Financial Crisis, Phesheya-Racing and Sec. Hayai are looking for every fraction of a knot

Wednesday 11 April: After nine days of racing in Leg 4, the GOR Class40s are getting close to the South East Trades

Thursday 12 April: Finding stable breeze off the coast of Brazil is still a challenge for the main pack of Class40s

Friday 13 April: With stable breeze finally arriving from the east, the fleet are reaching north along the coast of Brazil

Saturday 14 April: As Cessna Citation approaches the Celox Sailing Scoring Gate the heat is building and the fish are jumping

Sunday 15 April: Colman and Cavanough take maximum points in style with Cessna Citation as the South Africans get caught in a private weather system off the coast of Brazil

Sunday 15 April: Following consultation with a selection of round-the-world sailors and international sailing organisations and clubs, the Global Ocean Race (GOR) has decided to include a third, fully-crewed (four crew) Class40 division for the GOR 2013-14 in addition to the solo and double-handed divisions. The Provisional NOR is now available

Monday 16 April: Marco Nannini and Sergio Frattaruolo took Financial Crisis through the Celox Sailing Scoring Gate in second place early on Monday morning and Cessna Citation is within hours of recrossing the Equator

Tuesday 17 April: With the South African duo on Phesheya-Racing chasing Financial Crisis across the Celox Sailing Scoring Gate in third place, Nico Budel and Erik van Vuuren on fourth-placed Sec. Hayai will pull into the Brazilian port of Fortaleza

Wednesday 18 April: Financial Crisis crossed the Equator early on Wednesday as Phesheya-Racing has a few miles remaining before returning to the Northern Hemisphere

Thursday 19 April: During the GOR’s Charleston stopover, the fleet will be based at the Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina, South Carolina’s largest marina with 459 berths

Thursday 19 April: The Dutch team has swapped-out one skipper and are chasing the fleet north

Friday 20 April: Sec. Hayai is in the Northern Hemisphere but weed and adverse currents are hampering the bulk of the fleet

Saturday 21 April: With the fleet spread over 771 miles, the four Class40s are pushing hard in the NE Trade Winds

Sunday 22 April: It has been a week of frustrating and variable wind with foul currents and fields of seaweed for the GOR Class40s

Monday 23 April: The pack of three first generation Akilaria Class40s are hammering north towards the Caribbean reporting 20-knot surfs, exploding spinnakers and 30-knot squalls as the speed averages climb and the trade wind sailing fulfils its promise

Tuesday 24 April: The chasing trio of Class40s continues to close down on the lead boat with two distinct weather systems controlling the leaderboard as the fleet races east of the Caribbean’s Windward and Leeward Islands

Wednesday 25 April: As speeds drop for Cessna Citation and Financial Crisis, there’s an opportunity for Phesheya-Racing and Sec. Hayai

Friday 24 April: Cessna Citation is picking up speed in the run-in to Charleston while Financial Crisis digs west and a duel begins to evolve between Phesheya-Racing and Sec. Hayai

Saturday 28 April: A costly but vital move is made by Financial Crisis

Sunday 29 April: As Cessna Citation becomes trapped in a zone of high pressure, the chasing trio are fighting for every mile

Monday 30 April: Cessna Citation has just begun to pick up speed for the final miles to the finish as the chasing trio dig into the Gulf Stream

Tuesday 1 May: Conrad Colman and Scott Cavanough take first place in Leg 4 crossing the Charleston finish line in the early hours of Tuesday morning

Wednesday 2 May: The Italian-Slovak duo of Marco Nannini and Sergio Frattaruolo crossed the GOR Leg 4 finish line securing second place

Thursday 3 May: The Dutch and South African Class40s crossed the finish line in Charleston with Phesheya-Racing taking third and Sec. Hayai in fourth

Wednesday 9 May: Cessna Citation reveals current return on sponsorship investment as teams continue to register for the GOR 2013-14

Monday 14 May: Throughout the GOR, the teams have been focussed on running the finances of their round-the-world campaigns against a backdrop of a grim, global financial climate where corporate sponsorship is elusive forcing some ingenious fundraising and considerable personal sacrifice

Thursday 17 May: A packed prize giving for GOR Leg 4 was held at the Charleston Yacht Club on Wednesday night

Saturday 19 May: After 28,000 miles and eight months of racing, the final, North Atlantic leg of the GOR started on Saturday morning in Charleston, South Carolina

Sunday 20 May: Marco Nannini and Sergio Frattaruolo risk tough conditions to take the lead

Monday 21 May: As the fleet enter the Gulf Stream the wind is turning south and easing

Tuesday 22 May: Conflicting weather data and a reunion with Tropical Storm Alberto cause a split in the fleet

Wednesday 23 May: Light airs continue to handicap the fleet as the Class40s rely on the Gulf Stream’s current

Thursday 24 May: During the GOR’s Charleston stopover, the Mediterranean Shipping Company USA (MSC) joined the GOR as Official Shipping Partner

Thursday 24 May: The fleet face a meteorological maze as Financial Crisis closes in on Cessna Citation

Friday 25 May: With the fleet split in two and separated by 200 miles, the pair of leading boats, Cessna Citation and Financial Crisis have kept with the breeze and extended to the east as Phesheya-Racing and Sec. Hayai have rarely polled speed averages over five knots

Saturday 26 May: Cessna Citation and Phesheya-Racing are into good speeds, while Financial Crisis and Sec. Hayai struggle with lack of wind

Sunday 27 May: Following eight days of storms, squalls, waterspouts and light headwinds, the fleet are digging in to westerly wind as they pick up pace to the bluQube Scoring Gate

Monday 28 May: Conrad Colman and Scott Cavanough shot through the bluQube Scoring Gate on Monday morning and have kept the downwind sailing and high speeds as the chasing pack deal with headwinds and the prospect of a gale