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Vendee Globe-Pip Hare is Ist Briton Home

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Pip Hare on board Medallia finishes the Vendee Globe 2020/21 photo credit Richard Langdon/Ocean Hare

After over three months at sea, Poole-based solo sailor Pip Hare crossed the finish line of the Vendee Globe at 12.57am on 12 February 2021.

Pip Hare at the finish photo credit Richard Langdon/Ocean Hare

She is the first British sailor to finish this edition of the iconic round-the-world race and 19th overall. She’s now only the 8th woman in history to complete the course.

photo credit Richard Langdon/Ocean Hare

The long race is finally over and GB’s Pip Hare sailing her beloved Medallia has come through it all. Storms, tempests, a broken rudder even could not stop Britain’s bravest women.

Vendee Globe 2020- Winner

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