Vendée Globe leader Armel Le Cléac'h. © Yvan Zedda/BPCE

With 40nm separating Vendée Globe leader Armel Le Cléac'h from Alex Thomson and 350nm left to the finishing line, victory in the solo round-the-world race now comes down to one…

Enda O'Coineen. Credit Jean-Marie Liot/DPPI/Vendee Globe

Irish skipper Enda O'Coineen has vowed to 'complete' the Vendée Globe by sailing his yacht Team Ireland - Kilcullen Voyager back to Les Sables d'Olonne.