If the Chamber of Commerce had stayed up all night working at it, they could not have served up a better day for racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, presented by Sunbrella.

It's going to be a busy second day at ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, Presented by Sunbrella, with a jam packed schedule following a few cancelled races the day prior.

Dongfeng Race Team claimed a key landmark in the 41-year history of the Volvo Ocean Race on Tuesday when they emphatically won Leg 3 in their home port of Sanya to take the overall lead with six stages to go.

Monsoon Cup Malaysia, the final event of the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour, is to take place in its new home of Johor, the southernmost state of Malaysia, over 10th-14th February.

The two lead boats in the Barcelona World Race are preparing for a gruelling 3,500-mile game of chase across the Southern Ocean, until the next natural gateway of the course, Cape Leeuwin in south-west Australia.

It's easy to explain the opening day of racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, presented by Sunbrella.

The storm that is bearing down upon the north country of the USA has a tail sweeping through southern Florida today, bringing breeze from the south-southwest. That breeze threatens to oscillate through the morning and keep the race committee busy as it clocks in the afternoon.

Bigger than ever in 2015, with an atmosphere crackling with adrenaline, the ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, Presented by Sunbrella, was ground zero on Sunday as competitors from 63 countries made their final preparations.