Eighty-seven days, two hours, twenty-four minutes and 25 seconds.

This is the time it took for Frenchwoman Clarisse Crémer (

Banque Populaire-X

) to complete her solo round-the-world monohull tour of the Vendée Globe.

Arriving on Wednesday February 3 in Les Sables d'Olonne (Vendée), she becomes the new holder of the women's record for the event, succeeding the Briton Ellen MacArthur.

"She completed her round-the-world trip in 87 days 2h 24min 25s of navigation, covering 27,687.07 miles. Congratulations Clarisse!", Indicates on Twitter the organization of the Vendée Globe, specifying that she had arrived at 4:44 pm.

[Arrival of the Vendée Globe 🏁]


Back in pictures on the finish in Les Sables d'Olonne by @ClaSurLAtlantiq (@VoileBanquePop)


This Wednesday February 3, at 4:44 pm, she crossed the finish line after 87 days, 02 hours, 24 minutes and 25 seconds at sea. # VG2020 pic.twitter.com/p8JcVqZpxx

- Vendée Globe (@VendeeGlobe) February 3, 2021

The sailor, born in Paris and graduated from the HEC business school, finished more than six days after the winner Yannick Bestaven and took twelfth place in the standings.

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"At 31, she took twelfth place in this edition and became the fastest woman in the Vendée Globe, surpassing Ellen MacArthur's record (94 days and 4 hours in 2000-2001) and doing better than Samantha Davies ", who finished fourth in 2009, in 95 days and 4 hours," said the organizer of the race in a statement.

A gifted young offshore racing girl

The

Banque Populaire-X

sailor

, who discovered offshore racing five years ago and the IMOCA classes [type of monohull boats used in the Vendée Globe] two years ago, has won her bet, that of going after his first round the world trip.

The sailor arrived under a beautiful sun, but in the middle of rough seas, very happy to finish the race, noted an AFP photographer present on the spot.

Aged 31, Clarisse Crémer was at the helm of the boat that won the Vendée Globe in 2012-2013 under the colors of Macif with François Gabart as skipper, then twice victorious in the Route du Rhum in the Imoca category, with François Gabart first. in 2014, then with Paul Meilhat (SMA) in 2018. She was launched in March 2011.

First woman of this edition, @ClaSurLAtlantiq finished just over 6 days from the winner.

The @VoileBanquePop sailor, who discovered ocean racing five years ago and IMOCA two years ago, has won her bet, that of going to the end of her first round the world trip.

pic.twitter.com/hiCI1Cyhjh

- Vendée Globe (@VendeeGlobe) February 4, 2021

She had decided to slow down before arriving safely.

"I'm super super excited to arrive, it's a little weird having to slow down like that to cross the finish line of a race, but that's part of the game […]. You have to arrive. without breaking everything ", she said Tuesday on her Facebook page" Clarisse sur l'Atlantique ".

In 2000-2001, Ellen MacArthur finished, at just 24, in second place in the Vendée Globe on

Kingfisher

, completing the race in 94 days, 4 hours and 25 minutes, a female record which therefore held for twenty years.

Clarisse Crémer made a name for herself in the world of sailing in 2017 by finishing second in the Mini-Transat [a transatlantic race also solo and without assistance].

She becomes the seventh woman to complete the Vendée Globe.

With AFP

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