1.   Superclubs said Friday routine checks are always done before a yacht leaves for dry docking.

2.   The yacht will leave Auckland en route for California on Saturday.

3.   Twenty yachts left Charleston, along the Southeastern coast of the United States, last September.

4.   Twenty yachts left Charleston last September.

5.   The yachts left Southampton last September and the leaders have completed the final leg from Fort Lauderdale, Florida several days earlier than expected.