Gloucestershire sailors Jeremy Warren and Phil Kirk smash UK coast record

Two weather-beaten West Country adventurers are celebrating after they set a new record for sailing around the UK. Jeremy Warren and Phil Kirk, of Gloucestershire, set sail from Weymouth in a Wayfarer dinghy, a small open boat less than 5m long, aiming to complete their journey in 60 days but returned yesterday, having taken 33, breaking the record of 76 days. Mr Warren, a 56-year-old technology entrepreneur, and Mr Kirk, 40, a naval architecht are members of the Thornbury Sailing Club on the River Severn and have decades of sailing experience between them. The voyage was raising money for lifeboat charity, the RNLI, and the Pappa Fund, which supports health and education projects in India.