In this evening’s 19h00 (GMT) rankings, Marc Guillemot (Safran) was just 38.6 miles from the finish and has managed to maintain his lead over Brian Thompson (Bahrain Team Pindar), who is 36 miles behind the grey and orange monohull. The two boats are progressing at similar speeds, with a VMG of 7.9 knots since mid afternoon for Safran and 8 for Bahrain Team Pindar and indeed over the past hour their speed on the water is identical at 9.7 knots. 75.1 miles behind Marc Guillemot or 113.7 miles from the finish, Dee Caffari (Aviva) has been making slower progress this afternoon and is currently sailing around 1 knot slower than the two boats ahead of her.