How many people can the boat carry?

Before he set off in November, there were fears that Francis Joyon would be unable to control his huge boat, named IDEC. With its three hulls slicing through the water and a massive rotating mast that reached 30 meters into the sky, the boat was built in 1986 for a crew of ten. It was feared that such a boat would be too powerful for one man in the rough seas of the Southern Ocean.

In Istanbul, tens of thousands of Turks have demonstrated to protest the pro-Islamic government. They say that Mr. Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are trying to weaken laws separating religion and government.