* Chapeau: Literal translation “Hat”. A French form of congratulations, i.e. “I raise my hat to you”.
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last year, you will know that Francis Joyon just smashed the Round-The-World-Solo record by 14 days completing it in 59 days, 13 hours.
Congratulations from all the staff at Messing About (that’s just me actually)
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CowesOnline provides an excellent synposis of this amazing feat. Here is the man himself as he returned home. 