LES SABLES-D’OLONNE, France, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) –
French sailor Sebastien Destremau finished the gruelling Vendee
Globe round-the-world race on Saturday, the organisers said, the
18th and last person to do so.
Destremau, sailing TechnoFirst-faceOcean, spent 124 days
at sea, crossing the finish line at 0040 GMT.
Destremau, 52, told AFP he was “extremely proud” to have
made it.
French sailor Armel Le Cleac’h, on board Banque Populaire
VIII, claimed victory on January 19 in a time of 74 days 3
hours 35.46 minutes.