Hero’s welcome for last solo sailor home

Crowds lined the quay in Sables d’Olonne to cheer Séb­astien Destremau as he trailed winner Armel Le Cléac’h by 50 days to finish last in the Ven­dée Globe after 124 days at sea.

Saying he was one of just 88 to have finished the race since it started in 1990, Destremau added: “So, I was last, so what!”