Jean-Luc Van Den Heede enjoying the applause during the GGR prizegiving in Les Sables d'Olonne today - Golden Globe Race, Day 295

© Tim Bishop / PPL / GGR Jean-Luc Van Den Heede crowned at Golden Globe Race prizegiving
Exactly 50 years to the day that Sir Robin Knox-Johnston returned to Falmouth UJK after 312 days at sea to become the first man to sail solo non-stop around the Globe, 73-year old Frenchman Jean-Luc Van Den Heede was crowned winner.