Above: Official RBI race video. Visit Shetland.org for further information on the race and main sponsor

• Leg One – Plymouth to Kinsale, Ireland via Eddystone, Wolf Rock and Bishop Rock, 230 miles

• Leg Two – to Castlebay, Barra in the Western Hebrides via the Fastnet Rock, 440 miles

• Leg Three – to Lerwick in the Shetlands via St Kilda, the Flannan Isles and towards the most northern point of the British Isles at Muckle Flugga (further north than the southern tip of Greenland) 420 miles

• Leg Four – to Lowestoft, the longest leg at 470 miles, racing through the oil rigs in the North Sea

• Leg Five – final Leg to Plymouth and the finish line after racing 2000 miles around the British Isles. The final stage takes competitors through the Dover Straights and the English Channel to Plymouth. At 305 miles long the last stage is always the toughest, stamina will be tested to its limits.

Interviewing the finalists of The Round Britain and Ireland Race