1.   Yachts pull up to the front door, and beautiful people from all over the world play tennis and golf in its back yard.

2.   Eight yachts pulled out in the first six hours of racing, including Ninety Seven, which was involved in a collision at the start and suffered structural damage.

3.   The yacht then pulled into Punta Arenas port in Chile to be loaded on a cargo ship for transport to Rio.

4.   Seventeen yachts had pulled out by dawn Sunday, organisers said.