IF you happen to be contemplating a global circumnavigation by yacht, there are not many better places to consider the fascinating journey than Foynes Island, Co Limerick.

AN AUSTRALIAN schoolgirl is on course to become the youngest solo and unaided round-the-world sailor after re-entering Australian waters on the last leg of her epic voyage.

Ellen MacArthur tonight became the fastest person to single-handedly sail around the world non-stop.

THEY FINALLY touched land late last Monday afternoon, felt terra firma for the first time in almost two months, but even then they were dizzy and unsure of themselves.

An adventurer today smashed the round-the-world sailing record by six days.