5th March 2021
The elapsed time for Finland s Ari Huusela is 116 days 18 hours 15 minutes and 46 seconds and he closes the finish line 36 days after winner Yannick Bestaven and Charlie Dalin crossed
When Finnish solo skipper Ari Huusela crossed the finish line of the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe this Friday morning at 08 35 46 hrs UTC in Spring morning sunshine, light winds and mirror-smooth seas to finish in 25th place on the solo non-stop race around the world, it marked the ultimate conclusion of an ocean racing dream which has occupied almost all of his spare time over the last 22 years.
The elapsed time for Huusela is 116 days 18 hours 15 minutes and 46 seconds and he closes the finish line 36 days after winner Yannick Bestaven and Charlie Dalin crossed.
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Miranda Merron (Campagne de France) 22nd in the Vendee Globe by Vendée Globe 18 Feb 06:07 UTC 17 February 2021
With her usual quiet, understated efficiency British skipper Miranda Merron completed the Vendée Globe solo round the world race quest this Wednesday night, breaking the finish line off Les Sables d Olonne, France at 22:16:51hrs UTC after 101 days 8hrs 56mins 51secs at sea to take 22nd place in the race on her IMOCA 60 Campagne de France.
She finishes 21d 5hrs 12mins after winner Yannick Bestaven and 1d 12hrs 48mins after 21st placed French skipper Clement Giraud.
Her result is highly commendable and fulfils the simple target she set herself, to finish the course bringing her boat and herself back to Les Sables d Olonne in good shape, having fully embraced and enjoyed all of the challenges that came her way on a race she considered she was peaking for at just the right time for me , 51 years old.
Britain s Merron on course for Vendée Globe 22nd, Clément Giraud takes 21st by Vendée Globe 16 Feb 18:47 GMT
One of Britain s most experienced and respected ocean racing skippers Miranda Merron is due to finish the Vendée Globe in 22nd place tomorrow (Wednesday), the pinnacle of a 25 year sailing career which has included most of the world s major challenges.
Cambridge University educated Merron, 51, who lives in Normandy, France turned her back on a career In advertising and marketing to pursued her chosen path, subsequently sailing everything from the crewed Volvo Ocean Race and round the world Trophée Jules Verne speed record challenges to more recently enjoying success in the popular Class 40 fleet, her career best being 6th place in the 2014 Route du Rhum.