Skipper Alex Thomson of Britain looks on just before leaving Les Sables d'Olonne, on France's Atlantic coast, to start in the Vendee Globe sailing race, western France, November 6, 2016. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
LES SABLES D'OLONNE, France (Reuters) - For Alex Thomson, sweeping up his crying two-year-old daughter Georgia in his arms soothed the disappointment of falling just short in the Vendee Globe after 74 days at sea.
Next to them were Kate, the 42-year-old British sailor's wife, and Oscar, their six-year-old son who saw his father return from the solo adventure around the world for the second time after he took third place in 2013.
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