Volvo Ocean Race's six-strong fleet were stuck in Groundhog Day as they raced through the South Pacific - and they were not particularly enjoying the experience on Thursday.

Volvo Ocean Race's six-strong fleet finally headed out of Auckland on Wednesday morning after the Leg 5 departure was delayed 67 hours to avoid the worst of Cyclone Pam.

It is with great sadness that ISAF reports that David Cook (NZL) has passed away.

The International Sailing Federation is recruiting for five roles to work at ISAF's office in Southampton, Great Britain.

"We see a significant change between leaving Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning in easier conditions, and this was also the preference of the majority of the teams," commented Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad, coming straight out of a meeting with the six teams' skippers, navigators and weather experts in Auckland.

Nandor Fa (Hun) and Conrad Colman (NZL) crossed the longitude of Cape Horn (67º 17 '35 W) at 0613hrs UTC (0713hrs France, 0313hrs in Chile) this Monday morning.

Pre-event favourites The Wave, Muscat win on home waters for the third consecutive year, narrowly denying the Danish SAP Extreme Sailing Team their first ever Act victory, after a down to the wire final double points race shoot out at the Extreme Sailing Series Act 2, Muscat.

The Team SCA girls must love inshore racing - after winning the In-Port Race in Abu Dhabi back in January, they won The New Zealand Herald In-Port Race Auckland as Cyclone Pam approaches.