And Sam Davies finishes the Vendee Globe, third across the finish line early on this Valentine's mornng, and incredible achievement, finishing at 00hrs 41 mins and 01 seconds GMT. Her Roxy boys shore team are on board immediatelyt hugs all round..

Still a hail of flashguns lighting up the night sky, picking out her huge megawatt smile and her  famous boat Sam gets ready to finish her extraordinary Vendee Globe Her boat looks impeccable, a little rust around the solar panels on the deck, and she keeps trimming and working Roxy all the time as the puffy brreze brings her back upright, slowing from time to time. There is a constant cacophony of cheers and whistles. 500 m to line

Two miles to the finish line, and Sam is drinking in the last few minutes of her race, a huge smile on her face, as she contemplates crossing the line in third place, beyond her dreams when she left Les Sables 97 days ago on 9th November.

Amazing, amazing, Sam is permanently lit up now in the cockpit of the double Vendee Globe winning boat, a little touch of Hollywood at  sea at 0118hrs local time, the security boats trying to keep some kind of order, but all going well except for a few rogue washes!

Pretty crazy out here with spectator boats, Sam has just called the committee boat and she says she thinks she will be at the line in 15 minutes, four miles left of her Vendee Globe, she could scarcely contain herself when she spoke to them. Stil making 12 knots, well heeled in the puffs, with the mulitcoloured Roxy sails lit up by the lights, and every so often she picks out people she knows.

There are probably 20 spectator and media boats out here, each sweeping in to take their turn at filming Roxy as she creams along. Davies looks relaxed and content, waving like a lunatic evry time she is lit up by a spotlight. Two very large spectator boats take their turn as well, getting in close within 20 metres of Sam as she surfs the last few miles of her Vendee Globe.