UPDATED: Record running

The Ocean Race 2022-23 - 04 March 2023, Leg 3, Day 6 onboard 11th Hour Racing Team. Malama enjoying nice conditions with flat water and a building breeze at 45-degrees south.
© Amory Ross / 11th Hour Racing / The Ocean Race

Records are falling as teams race through the Roaring 40s.

11th Hour Racing Team has set a new standard for the fully crewed IMOCA 24 hour distance run.

In near perfect conditions overnight Friday night, the team set a new standard for the class for the second time this leg - according to Race Control, the team sailed 586.36 nautical miles (subject to ratification).

Should it be ratified,this is a big jump. The previous record (ratified by the World Speed Sailing Record Council - WSSRC) was 539.71.

UPDATE: All four teams have now beaten this previous mark and the 11th Hour Racing Team record set Saturday morning has now been bettered by Team Holcim-PRB at 586.4 nautical miles.

And even this could still be bettered later Saturday with all four teams still pushing extremely hard towards the scoring gate.

Last week, 11th Hour Racing Team hit 544 nautical miles. Skipper Charlie Enright now sounds prescient, saying at the time: "The record will probably fall to someone, perhaps even us again, later in this leg. It’s an indelible mark that will live in history forever, however, records are meant to be broken."

Meanwhile, on the race course, the fleet have found an option to dive further south, with the ice exclusion zone opening up slightly. The leader, Team Holcim-PRB, is now flying along south of 48-degrees latitude.