Just after midnight GMT and with less than a day’s sailing to the finish of leg one of the Volvo Ocean Race to Cape Town, Grant Dalton’s Amer Sports One relinquished the lead to John Kostecki’s Illbruck Challenge.

Dalton has had his nose out in front of the pack for exactly eight days, since just past the final waypoint of Ilha Trindade off Brazil. At one point, Amer Sports One held a 40-mile advantage that has gradually been eroded.

Illbruck, to the south of the Nautor Challenge yacht, now has a five-mile lead with a little over 200 miles to sail to the finish line. Both yachts are power reaching at a steady 15 knots in a 20 knot southerly breeze.

At their current speed, illbruck is expected into Cape Town at 1940 hours GMT today, (2140 hours local time).

Postions at 0400hrs

1 ILBK

2 AONE (5 miles behind the leader)

3 NEWS (303miles behind the leader)

4 TYCO 103 10.5 280 (463 miles behind the leader)

5 AART (668 miles behind the leader)

6 TSEB (1157 miles behind the leader)

7 DJCE (1173 miles behind the leader)

8 ATOO (1247 miles behind the leader)