Alexia Barrier and her team completed their world tour after 57 days 21 hours and 21 minutes and 17 days behind the time on Sodebo.
A great first but an arrival which inevitably falls in the shadow of the feat signed by Thomas Coville and his crew on Sodebo on Sunday. Sailor Alexia Barrier (The Famous Project) and her six teammates completed the first non-stop round-the-world trip in a maxi-trimaran with an all-female crew on Monday, off the coast of Brest. After 57 days and 21 minutes at sea, the older generation Idec Sport maxi-trimaran crossed the line between the Créac’h lighthouse, on the island of Ouessant, and the Cape Lizard lighthouse, in England, at 12:00 p.m. (GMT+1).
No mainsail for several days
Deprived of a mainsail for several days and battered by storm Ingrid, the sailors courageously completed their non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation around the world. The last attempt of its kind was carried out by the British Tracy Edwards and her teammates in 1998, who dismasted as they approached Cape Horn.
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On board the sailboat used by Francis Joyon for his crew record in 2017 (40 days and 23 hours) beaten on Sunday by Thomas Coville, Alexia Barrier, Dee Caffari, Deborah Blair, Annemieke Bes, Rebecca Gmür Hornell, Molly LaPointe, Támara Echegoyen and Stacey Jackson fulfilled their objective: “establish a female reference time” around the world. The seven women set off as part of the Jules Verne Trophy – a crewed round-the-world record – without, however, having the same means or the same preparation time as the biggest projects.
The Jules Verne Trophy, created in 1993 by Titouan Lamazou and Florence Arthaud, consists of sailing around the world in less than 80 days, without external assistance. He was beaten on Sunday by Thomas Coville and six teammates on Sodebo in 40 days and 10 hours.
