WATCH: Vancouver skipper Eric Holden speaks to BC1 anchor Geoff Hastings live from London
A sailor from Vancouver has won a clipper race around the world.
Eric Holden and his crew set sail in October from London for the race around the world, covering 64,300 kilometres in 16 different legs.
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His crew included two nurses, two lawyers, a visual effects artist, an interior designer and a software developer. The youngest member of the crew is 21. The oldest is 74.
They encountered everything from 160 km/h winds to thunderstorms and waterspouts in the tropics.
Holden was chosen from 170 applicants to race the first-ever Canadian skipper.
— with files from Canadian Press
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