Hundreds of supporters turned out to greet Hampshire sailor Alex Thomson when he returned home to Gosport after finishing third in the Vendee Globe.

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"Imagine driving a convertible car with a fireman standing on the bonnet and a hose pointed at your face -- that's what it's like on deck, " said Alex Thomson, one of Britain's top yachtsmen.

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