Around the world...forget it

London, Feb 21: A British yachtsman has abandoned his round-the-world voyage after taking twice the time needed to circumnavigate the globe just to leave the English Channel, newspapers reported on Friday.

After 130 days trying, Adrian Cross, has managed to sail his boat Gentoo no further than the French port of Brest, driven back by high winds.


"We've been like a cork in a washing machine," Cross, 50, told 'The Times'.

It said he had been hampered by an oil slick and at one point had been trapped in the French port of St Malo by high seas for two months.


The yacht's log repeatedly read: "A quick turn around and yes, you've guessed it, back in St Malo", the paper said.

The current record for circumnavigating the world is 64 days, eight hours, 37 minutes and 24 seconds, held by Frenchman Bruno Peyron. Bureau Report