Canadian makes trans-Atlantic crossing history

[YahooNews]

Rennes (France) (AFP) - Mylene Paquette, a 35-year-old from Quebec in Canada, on Tuesday made history by becoming the first North American to make a west-to-east solo crossing of the Atlantic by rowboat. Paquette set out from Halifax, Canada on a 7.31-metre (23-foot) boat on July 6. "Finally it is over, because it was really an ordeal at times, I am just relieved that it is over," an emotional Paquette told AFP upon her arrival.