Congratulations to Loick Peyron and the crew of Banque Populaire on their new Jules Verne Trophy record of 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds. That is days 2 days 18 hours and 1 minutes 59 seconds faster than Groupama 3 and they covered 29002 miles at an average speed of 26.51 knots. More follows tomorrow when they reach Brest. Team Sanya is to set off finally on leg 2A of the Volvo Ocean Race to the ‘mystery port’. Against a star-studded cast Glenn Ashby has claimed the Australian A-Class Nationals with a day to spare. Changes to the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Series were announced at London Boat Show. Tom Gillard and Sam Brearey scored two bullets today at the Fireball Worlds.