Japanese man, 83, ready for more after solo crossing of Pacific

Japanese octogenarian adventurer Kenichi Horie arrives in Nishinomiya after completing his solo non-stop voyage across the Pacific in 69 days (Kosuke Moriwaki/Kyodo News/AP)

An 83-year-old Japanese adventurer has become the oldest person in the world to complete a solo, non-stop voyage across the Pacific Ocean – and said he is still “in the middle of my youth” and not done yet.

Kenichi Horie crossed the Kii Strait off Japan’s western coast early on Saturday, completing his trans-Pacific solo voyage in 69 days after leaving a yacht harbour in San Francisco in late March.