Record-setting Japanese sailor says up for adventure till 100

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TOKYO (AFP) — Record-setting Japanese sailor Kenichi Horie said Sunday he would seek out new adventures until he turns 100, after his world-first solo voyage across the Pacific in a boat propelled by wave power.

The 69-year-old sailor and environmentalist reached waters off the Kii Peninsula in western Japan late Friday, completing a 110-day voyage from Hawaii without a port call.

"I'll hold out until I reach triple digits," the silver-haired Horie said of his age as he greeted supporters in his home harbour in Nishinomiya in the west.

"If there is a chance in the near future, I want to sail out to sea," the adventurer said at a welcome ceremony carried live on television.

He was originally scheduled to return home in late May, but weak waves and...