A spate of IMOCA 60/Barcelona World Race launches are occurring with Dee Caffari and Anna Corbella unveiled their Gaes-branded boat, Jean-Pierre Dick announcing his round the world co-skipper for his new Paprec-Virbac 3 and with Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss launch extravaganza taking place in London’s Docklands tonight. Following the horrendous Aleph v Azzurra collision on Tuesday, the Louis Vuitton Trophy in La Maddalena has now slowed to a snail’s pace. The Terry Hutchinson-steered, Paul Cayard-skippered Artemis remains undefeated with four wins. Today TeamOrigin faced Synergy - we speak to Karol Jablonski and others involved in the Russian team.