Last updated: 7 january, 2010 - 12:31 GMT
Making history: quadriplegic sailor Geoff Holt crosses the Atlantic
Geoff sails unassisted, but is accompanied by a carer and a cameraman
A disabled yachtsman has become the first quadriplegic sailor to cross the Atlantic.
Geoff Holt, 43, from Southampton, left Lanzarote in the Canary Islands on 10 December to sail 2,700 miles (4,345km) to the British Virgin Islands.
He arrived in Cane Garden Bay, in Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands just before 1700GMT on Thursday 7 January.
The place has a special significance for him, as he was paralysed there after diving into shallow water in 1984.
He spoke to the BBC World Service when he was on the verge of completing the crossing.
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First broadcast 7 January 2010
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