Sport in Short: Sailing

BRITISH STEEL CHALLENGE ROUND-THE- WORLD RACE Overall standings (after two legs): 1 Nuclear Electric 80 days 20hr 06min 29sec; 2 InterSpray 81 17:11.55; 3 Hofbrau 81 18:33.50; 4 Heath Insured 81 23:53.26; 5 Group 4 82 13:19.14; 6 Coopers and Lybrand 82 14:44.14; 7 Pride of Teesside 82 15:59.24; 8 Commercial Union 87 04:14.06; 9 Rhone- Poulenc 87 04:50.43. Retired: British Steel II.

VENDEE GLOBE CHALLENGE SOLO ROUND- THE-WORLD RACE Leading positions: 1 A Gautier (Fr) Bagages Superior, 13,071 miles to go; 2 P Poupon (Fr) Fleury-Michon, 13,618; 3 B de Broc (Fr) Groupe LG, 13,652. 7 A Wynne Thomas (GB) Cardiff Discovery, 14,808.