Alexia Barrier - Vendée Globe © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea
On a perfect Sunday morning, with calm seas and just as the new dawn was breaking on 28th February, at 06 23 44 hrs UTC French skipper Alexia Barrier crossed the finish line of the ninth Vendée Globe off Les Sables d Olonne to complete her race in 24th position of the 33 skippers who started the race on Sunday 8th November.
Racing the oldest boat in the fleet, the 41-year old Mediterranean skipper showed great stamina and tenacity to complete the 24,365 miles course in a passage time of 111 days, 17 hours, 03 minutes, her race always reflecting her great enthusiasm and her huge appetite for life.
Indomitable Alexia Barrier s fighting spirit gets her across the Vendée Globe finish in 24th
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Four weeks later, yet every Vendee finisher still has a story
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Vendée Globe update: The sting in the tale? by Vendée Globe 22 Feb 16:44 UTC 21 February 2021
Nearly every Vendée Globe, including this ninth edition, has delivered a sting in the tail of one sort or another to unfortunate solo skippers.
While the most damaging this time was Boris Herrmann s collision with a Spanish fishing boat at 90 miles from the finish line, the last miles are often the most tense, as the most recent finisher Manu Cousin noted last Saturday morning: At about 40 miles to the finish I had a moment where I finally felt I would make it and could finally release myself and enjoy knowing what I was accomplishing, he grinned on the dock on Port Olona two days ago.