Guo Chuan sailed back home Friday morning to become the first Chinese man to successfully circumnavigate the globe singlehanded.

Aboard his Class 40 yacht, the 48-year-old Guo travelled about 21,600 nautical miles in 138 days before he returned to his hometown of Qingdao, where he set off on Nov. 18, 2012.

Click here for the full report by Sail-World.com.