At 45 years old, Pip Hare discovered solitaire only 10 years ago. Nevertheless, it has a respectable number of miles on its clock. Indeed, to his credit, tens of thousands of miles on a nearly 40-foot race-cruise sailboat, two Mini-Transat and a Transat Jacques-Vabre.
The British sailor acquired Bernard Stamm's former Suberbigou in January 2019. Pip Hare then started all the IMOCA Globe Series this year by starting with the Bermuda 1000 Race where she finished 15th. His main project has been participating in the Vendée Globe for many years and his objective is then on the verge of becoming a reality.
2020-21 : Vendée Globe - 19ème (95j 11h 37m 30s)
2019: Transat Jacques Vabre - 24th
2019: Rolex Fastnet Race - 13th
| Name | MEDALLIA |
|---|---|
| Sail number | GBR 77 |
| Architect | Pierre Roland |
| Construction | 1999, Bernard STAMM, Lesconil |
| Former names | Super Bigou, Armor Lux-Foie gras Brizac, Bobst Group-Armor Lux, Cheminées Poujoulat-Armor Lux, Cheminées Poujoulat, We are water, Super Bigou-Seven Seas, La Fabrique, Superbigou |
| Length | 18,28 m |
| Beam | 5,70 m |
| Draught | 4,50 m |
| Weight | 9 tonnes |
| Mast height | 29 m |
| Mast type | Mât classique |
| Foils | No |
| Sail area max. | |
| Upwind | 300 m2 |
| Downwind | 580 m2 |
“She embodies the spirit of the Vendée Globe!” Not a bad accolade from the great Isabelle Autissier, but that is her respectful and admiring assessment of British sailor Pip Hare, as the Medallia skipper becomes the seco…
•••“It’s incredible. It has to be one of the greatest challenges on the whole planet. It takes every single thing part of the human being it stresses it, it pushes is and it challenges it. It was just the most incredible ex…
•••British solo skipper Pip Hare, 47, fulfilled the dream that she has held since she was a teenage sailor in her native East Anglia, England when she crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the worl…
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