Mat Hewetson

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In the unforgiving expanse of the Southern Ocean, setbacks can strike with little warning. For French skipper Sébastien Simon, sailing aboard Groupe Dubreuil in the Vendée Globe, the dream run he had been enjoying came to a screeching halt.

Catch up with all the action from the past 24 hours in this 30-minute daily report.

After five...