*Alex Thomson and Spanish co-skipper Guillermo Altadill crossed the line of the Transat Jacques Vabre race in second place with a time of 16 days, 9 hours and 20 minutes, ahead of the seven other boats remaining in contention.
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*We’re in the Caribbean mon!  We’ve been up all night so we’re pretty tired.   Now we’re just looking to get into some steady wind and get some rest.
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Check out the latest images from Alex Thomson's boat Hugo Boss.      
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Well things are a lot calmer now than they were 48 hours ago!  We’re finally drying off our clothes which had been soaked pretty much since the start of the race, so that’s great.     There’s been a lot of discussion between Guillermo and me about the route we’ve chosen.
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All is well – we’re still feeling happy with the decisions we’ve made and are maintaining a good distance to Virbac, the current leaders.
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We’ve managed to come through the first low pressure system with relatively little damage; only a broken baton and few small things that take just a couple of hours to repair. Consequently we’ve lost a couple of miles on the leader.
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Last night was OK, we were sailing with winds of 35 knots with gusts of 45 knots. At the moment the sea state is OK, it is sailable and we are trying to keep the boat together and not break too many things.
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*Alex Thomson and Spanish co-skipper Guillermo Altadill are currently leading the 12 strong fleet during the current edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre race.
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*It's the second full day of the race and the fleet is still quite bunched together, although we haven’t seen anyone else since last night.   We’ve been pretty happy so far – the boat is performing well and there have been no major hitches to speak of.
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*Within hours of Wednesday’s start of the 4,500 mile, double-handed, Transat Jacques Vabre transatlantic race ocean-going sailor Alex Thomson is bracing himself for an Atlantic storm. Within days he expects an even bigger one stemming from a low covering the whole of the ocean.
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By Ian Stafford