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Over 24 hours of intense work has left the inside of Louis BURTON's IMOCA Bureau Vallée in a mess but the third placed skipper confirmed this morning that his efforts, in collaboration with his shore team, have kept him in the race. Speaking on the 0400hrs TU call this morning, after he had just gybed at the Antarctic Exclusion Zone he said, "I'm pretty burnt out and I admit that I came close to having to abandon". True to the philosophy of many competitors BURTON was not giving everything away about his problems, other than having said earlier that he had automatic pilot troubles.

DALIN Leads Across Cape LEEUWIN then hits 24kts, Three leaders pass within 3 hours and 20 minutes. PEYRON Pays Tributes to JOSCHKE, LE CAM, SEGUIN, Redress for HERMANN, LE CAM, BESTAVEN to be published Wednesday.

Late Thursday Manuel COUSIN noticed a major crack at the top of his port rudder. He immediately informed his team and Race Direction, that he was going to have to make repairs.

With no working computers Fabrice AMEDEO Abandons, DALIN's margin is halved, MERRON, SHIRAISHI Cross Good Hope.

British skipper Sam DAVIES informed her team that her IMOCA Initiatives Coeur had struck a floating object at around 1900hrs UTC this evening. She is heading north at reduced speed and will inspect her boat to assess the damage and discuss actions with her team. Sam DAVIES is unhurt.

After Thomas RUYANT suffered water ingress into his bow compartment and had to stop LinkedOut yesterday night (French time, Thursday morning local time) Yannick BESTAVEN now has a clear lead on Maître Coq IV as the leaders passed under Tasmania and across what is generally considered to be the western boundary of the Pacific Ocean.