Sailing Mark Falls

The numbers tell the tale: 26,500 miles, 105 days at sea, three dramatic rescues, one missing sailor and one winner hailed as a hero.

Frenchman Christophe Auguin finished the Vendee Globe race in 105 days, 20 hours and 31 minutes, beating the previous around-the-world record by four days.

Auguin said he hasn’t given up hope for a fellow racer who has been missing since Jan. 7. All efforts to find Canadian Gerry Roufs, one of 16 initial competitors, have been unsuccessful.

Three Vendee Globe competitors were rescued in the Antarctic Ocean - one by a fellow racer, and two by the Australian navy. Tony Bullimore, a 57-year-old Briton, waited four days in the cabin of his capsized yacht before rescuers could reach him.