A South African man has joined a shortlist of people to have achieved an impressive feat of crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a stand-up paddle board.

According to Ceoafrica, Chris Bertish, a forty-two year old, accomplished the 4,050-mile (6,517km) journey alone and unassisted with no support boat, carrying everything he needed on board.

Mr Bertish arrived in Antigua, in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, at 08:32 local time (12.32 GMT) yesterday after departing from Agadir, Morocco, 93 days ago.

He’s in good spirits despite losing 20lb (9kg).

It seems mind-boggling that I’m alive at all, to be honest, I really had a lot of support and guiding hands from many different sources, both high and low”, Bertish said.