Stamm defends Five Oceans crown

The Swiss sailor finished the 30,000-mile (48,300-km) race in a total of 103 days, 22 hours, 10 minutes, after leaving Bilbao on 22 October.

Stamm won all three legs of the race. He arrived first in the port of Bilbao at 1713 local time in his self-built Open 60 Cheminees Poujoulat.

Japan's Kojiro Shiraishi, in Spirit of Yukoh, finished second overall.

He trailed Stamm by 43 minutes on the final leg from Norfolk, Virginia, but 14 days, three hours and 32 minutes behind in total.

Among unfinished competitors, Robin Knox-Johnston of England - the first man to circumnavigate the world alone - was in third place.

Graham Dalton and Unai Basurko were further behind.

The first two legs were from Bilbao to Freemantle, Australia, and on to Norfolk.

The race has been staged every four years since 1982.

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