Sailing
Tuesday 23 January 1996 00:02 GMT
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Sailing
Morning Glory, a German yacht, was the first of 100 boats to complete the 1996 Cape Town to Rio sailboat race. The 3,429 nautical miles (6,350km) voyage took 14 days 14 hours 52 minutes.
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