How many people can the boat carry?

Before he set off in November, there were fears that Francis Joyon would be unable to control his huge boat, named IDEC. With its three hulls slicing through the water and a massive rotating mast that reached 30 meters into the sky, the boat was built in 1986 for a crew of ten. It was feared that such a boat would be too powerful for one man in the rough seas of the Southern Ocean.

A French aid worker has left Afghanistan to return home after being held for weeks by Taliban kidnappers. French Embassy officials in Kabul confirmed that Celine Cordelier was flying home to France. Ms. Cordelier was kidnapped on April 3rd in the southwestern province of Nimroz.