Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag hang on to claim sixth place in nail-biting finish to second leg of Volvo Ocean Race

The result leaves Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag in sixth place overall on the leader board with five points, nine points behind current leaders MAPFRE.

The Turn the Tide on Plastic crew had closed to within just 200 metres of Witt’s team by the end of the 7,000-nautical mile second leg, but the Hong Kong team narrowly managed to hold them off before a midnight finish.

“We’ve had Scallywag in our sights since the equator crossing and that result is not what we deserved. We deserved more, I’m gutted,” said Turn the Tide on Plastic skipper Dee Caffari.

“We lost two miles today to them and then we got it back to a couple of boat lengths. Fair play to our guys to make it happen and that’s why I wanted the result to go the other way.”

Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag eventually crossed the finish line just over a minute ahead of Turn the Tide on Plastic, according to afloat.ie.