WATER SPORT - In bright sunshine, the 45,000 nautical mile around-the-world race got under way and there was drama from the off.
On the approach to the final turning mark, both Team Brunel and Mapfre were penalised for being too close to Dongfeng, who had the right of way.
Spanish team Mapfre now sit second, with Vestas 11th Hour in third.
Before racing started, team AkzoNobel submitted their final crew list hours ahead of the start time after a testing week for the crew.
Last week it was announced that original skipper Simeon Tienpont had left the team and had been replaced by watch captain Brad Jackson.
But on Friday evening, Tienpont won an arbitration judgement allowing him to return to the team to lead a newly constituted squad.
