At 2.30 on Thursday October 17th local time (on October 16th at 18.30 UTC, 20.30 Italian time), 425 miles away from the finish line in Nha Trang, Maserati Multi 70 took the lead of the fleet that set sail today from Hong Kong.
The Italian trimaran has covered 274 miles after the start and is now sailing at 27 knots, followed by SHK Scallywag Fuku 4 miles behind at 24.6 knots.