First Great Britain circumnavigation on electric vessel

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Eighteen-year-old Harry Besley has become the first person to officially complete the circumnavigation of Great Britain on an electric RIB.

With crew (and cousin) Henry Cietak on the boat ELECTRA, the team finished the 2,981-mile journey in just over a month, at 31 days and 20 hours.

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