
French sailor Charles Caudrelier crossed the line in Brest in the west of France on Tuesday to win the Arkea Ultim Challenge, the first solo round-the-world race for multi-hull boats.
Caudrelier, in the trimaran Gitana-Edmond de Rothschild, outdistanced the other survivors from the six-boat fleet as he covered more than 51,000 km (28,000 miles) in 50 days. He became just the eighth sailor to sail round the world in a multi-hull.