French sailor Charlie Dalin made up for the disappointment of four years ago as he set a record on his way to winning the round-the-world Vendee Globe race. The 40-year-old covered the 24,300-mile (39,

French sailor Charlie Dalin has won the around-the-world race Vendee Globe in record time. He completed his solo journey in less than 65 days — nearly 10 days faster than the previous mark — to make up for missing out on the victory in the previous edition four years ago.

Germany's seventh-placed Vendee Globe sailor Boris Herrmann was on Friday grappling with a critical headsail problem as the gruelling solo race approaches its conclusion.

Day 66) - After one long, cold final night fighting through light winds off the Brittany coast, Charlie Dalin, the French skipper of

France's Charlie Dalin completed the Vendee Globe around-the-world sailing race in record time on Tuesday when he crossed the finish line in under 65 days but it was a journey four years in the making after he came agonisingly close to victory in 2021.