Yesterday with the discard coming into play, Simon Payne was able to rid himself of Tuesday’s mast breaking race, to take the lead at the Puma Moth World Championship. However in the three races it was US sailors Brad Funk and Dalton Berger who were in the chocolates. See our photos. This morning at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland, TeamOrigin suffered an embarrassing spinnaker pole breakage through crew error while leading their match against the hosts, Emirates Team New Zealand. The next Volvo Ocean Race will conclude in Galway and we are expecting the announcement of a Middle Eastern stopover on Monday.