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Transat Jacques Vabre ended today with the very last boat, the Class40 Terre Exotique, crossing the finish line less than an hour before the cut-off time.

On November 28 at 2204 local time, 11th Hour Racing Team’s brand new 60-foot race boat ‘Mālama’ crossed the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre in Fort-de-France, Martinique, taking 13th place in the 22-strong IMOCA Class.

After more than twenty days at sea the difference between fourth ( Britain's Sam Davies on Initiatives Coeur) and fifth (an all-French crew aboard Arkéa-Paprec) in the IMOCA class was just 21 minutes 40 seconds.

They waited for the sun to shine over Martinique before lining the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild up with Diamond Rock, taking full advantage of their crushing victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre.

Primonial has taken line honours and the Ocean Fifty multihull title in the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre race. French pair Sébastien Rogues and Matthieu Souben crossed the line in Martinique ahead of Koesio in second.

The first boats are expected to arrive in Martinique overnight. The three fastest classes are slipping slowly through an area of light winds whilst the Class 40s are loving the trade winds.

The hoped for grandstand finish in Martinique is beginning to look likely as Ultimes and Ocean Fiftys begin their approaches to the line. The IMOCA leaders continue their high-speed cat and mouse chase whilst for the Class 40s it's decision time.

Whilst one Ocean Fifty celebrates a birthday, another suffers the huge frustrations of a blown spinnaker, just when it’s most needed in the final stages

Reforest'Action forces her to become the first Class 40 boat to abandon the race.

The next two days could be crucial in deciding the winners of the Transat Jacques Vabre. Lead changes are expected across three of the four classes today as the weather roles the dice. Lying fourth, Leyton has made up nearly 100 nautical miles on the OceanFifty class race leaders Primonial …