For 38 days, it had all been plain sailing for Thomas Coville, a French yacht racer, and his six-man crew. Their 105ft trimaran, “Sodebo Ultim 3”, was in the lead after rounding South America and ...

PARIS — A little over 49 days — that’s all it took Frenchman Thomas Coville to sail around the world alone, to set what French officials say is a new world record. Coville sailed into the Brittany ...

Unique seamanship skills, prodigious tenacity and exceptional luck defined Thomas Coville’s 49-day around-the-world solo record — breaking Francis Joyon’s record set in 2008 — came down to the ...

Arriving at the port of Brest, the dishevelled and dazed 57-year-old skipper Thomas Coville said he found the result "almost hard to believe". Setting sail on 15 December off the coast of Ouessant, ...

PARIS - A little over 49 days - that’s all it took Frenchman Thomas Coville to sail around the world alone, to set what French officials say is a new world record. Coville, 48, sailed into the ...

Thomas Coville, the first person to sail around the world solo in 50 days, has docked in Hobart. But he’s still racing. Thomas Coville, who was running second in the race, docked his yacht Sodebo ...

French skipper of Sodebo Ultim Thomas Coville poses for a photo with a placard which reads "49 days, 3 hours, 38 seconds" as he sails along the French island Ouessant, south-western end of the English ...