00:02Welcome home in style.
00:07Tasmanian Tristan Goulet is back on dry land after spending almost five months at sea and sailing more than 21
00:13,000 nautical miles.
00:15Feeling good? Yeah.
00:17He's got it there. He's been sailing for 138 days.
00:20The sailor has broken the Australian record for a solo, unassisted, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe,
00:27beating the previous record set by his father in 2007 by 41 days.
00:32It feels pretty good. As much as I've broken Dad's record, he was a big part of this one as
00:38well.
00:38He did a lot of help and a lot of support getting to the start line and I couldn't have
00:42done it without him either.
00:44He's come out shining and put in a cracking time and what more could a father want?
00:50The journey wasn't without its challenges. Halfway through his attempt, Tristan's engine broke down.
00:55Shortly after, he lost his satellite communication and contended with his stove catching a light.
01:01It sort of really did get the adrenaline going and that would be the scariest moment of the trip.
01:06No engine to charge the yacht's batteries meant autopilot could no longer be used.
01:11Just meant long hours on the helm, you know, literally standing there till I fell asleep.
01:16For Tristan, the achievement was worth the mental and physical challenge.
01:19It was just a lot of pushing myself and pushing my body, which is, you know, sort of the whole
01:25thing of the adventure and the challenge.
01:26So I'm pretty proud of how I handle it, I think.
01:30A well-earned celebration ahead for father and son.
01:33I think I'm pretty grand rather than the time or one day...
01:35I'm pretty confident.
01:36I think rhythm and it's kind of the time.
01:36You may not know, but it sounds like wonder sight should never be.
01:36I think I'm really сист hon me again.
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