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Clarisse Cremer gives the thumbs up to her record breaking run in the Vendee Globe - Olivier-Blanchet/Alea pic
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Vendee Globe: First female finisher Clarisse Cremer breaks solo non-stop monohull world record 6 February 2021
Following a prudent, careful passage across a boisterous Bay of Biscay, negotiating one last stormy low pressure, a triumphant Clarisse Cremer became the first woman to cross the finish line of the ninth Vendée Globe at 15:44:25 hrs UTC, to take an excellent 12th place on Banque Populaire X from 33 starters.
Cremer finished in late afternoon Vendée sunshine and a diminishing westerly wind of 20 knots with 4-5 metre seas. Her elapsed time of 87 days 02 hours and 24 minutes breaks Ellen MacArthur s 21 year-old monohull solo non-stop record for a female skipper of 94 days 4 hours, which she set when she took second in the 2000-2001 Vendée Globe.
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French skipper Clarisse Cremer has smashed Ellen MacArthur s 21 year old Vendée Globe race record, crossing the line in 87d 02h 24m 25s.
Clarisse Cremer crossed the finish line with a time of 87 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes and 25 seconds. Credit: Olivier Blanchet/Alea
The 31-year-old solo skipper crossed the finish line aboard her IMOCA 60, Banque Populaire X outside Les Sables d’Olonne at 15:44 on 3 February 2021 with a race time of 87d 02h 24m 25s.
This smashes the previous record for the fastest female solo skipper to sail around the world in a monohull, which was set 21 years ago by Dame Ellen MacArthur, who completed the race in 94 days and four hours.