French sailor Francois Gabart has set a new world record for sailing around the world in only 42 days and 16 hours. He broke the previous record which was of 48 days.
His journey was tracked through satellite. He departed on November 4th from Brest, a port city and reached the finish line near Ouessant island near France’s western coast. The trimaran that he was travelling on was called ‘Macif’.
Gabart lighted up torches upon reaching the finish line while dozens of vessels swarm around the victorious vessel to celebrate.
“It’s a crazy pleasure … all this human energy,” Gabart said later. “I’m a solitary sailor but this is a pleasure.”
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