Team Russia continues to close in on the finish line off Cochin, India. The Russians are the last team still at sea in leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Overnight yesterday, the team became trapped in a fishing net, which resulted in them having to take down the mainsail to slow the boat in an effort to free the net from the keel. Overall, this cost this team at least two hours of sailing team.

On Wednesday morning, at 07:00 GMT, the team had just 77 miles to run for the finish. Kosatka has made a 24-hour run of 224 miles, averaging just under 10 knots for the past day. She is expected to arrive overnight, local time, Wednesday night.

A defiant Mark Covell, the media crew member on board, says spirits remain high and the team is looking forward to the finish:

"We are on the emerald highway home and nothing is going to stop us from enjoying our last few days at sea. Even the rain that is falling now will not break our spirit," he wrote. "We have been catapulted forward by huge waves of the Southern Ocean and stopped dead in our tracks by Indian fishing nets on a stop-start of a leg that still has yet to stop...We hold our heads up high and congratulate the winners."

The team is certainly maintaining its sense of humour, calling in its StealthPlay overnight only to cancel it after a couple of position reports. The team can expect a warm welcome for its efforts when it arrives in Cochin.