Galway man, 60, vows to finish round-the-world challenge days after being stranded with no mast

A Galway sailor forced out of a solo round-the-world race has vowed to complete the epic challenge.

Enda O’Coineen was towed to safety from the Southern Ocean, hundreds of miles from New Zealand, after the mast on his 60ft racing yacht snapped in a squall on New Year’s Day.