Pip Hare proved herself a natural communicator in the 2020\/21 Vend\u00e9e Globe. Here she takes us onboard her boat Medallia to show what it’s like and what she wants from a boat in the future Pip Hare \u2013 and her fellow Vend\u00e9e Globe competitors \u2013 will need to be in peak fitness for the gruelling event. All photos: Richard Langdon \/ Ocean ImagesNow back safely on dry land having completed her first ever Vend\u00e9e Globe race, British sailor, Pip Hare, takes a camera onboard her boat, Medallia, to show us around and remember the highs and lows of the race.
\nThe Vend\u00e9e Globe is a unique event and is loved by sailing fans the world over for a variety of reasons. Winning the Vend\u00e9e Globe is rightly seen as one of the pinnacle sporting achievements in the world of sailing, but so tough is the non-stop, solo, unassisted round-the-world race, that merely getting to the finish line is a remarkable achievement in and of itself.
\nSo tough is racing around the world solo, non-stop and unassisted that is remains a feat achieved by fewer people in history than have been into space. This goes some way to showing how exclusive the club of Vend\u00e9e finishers is.
\nThat so few people have managed to achieve the goal of finishing a race \u2013 which is sailed once every four years and often sees over half the fleet of 30 boats fail to see the finish line \u2013 should help those unfamiliar with the race to understand why it is that for the fans, despite the Vend\u00e9e being a race, the stories of those who finish are held just as dear and celebrated just as much as those who win or secure a podium position.
\nPip Hare celebrates with Champagne after arriving back on the dock at Les Sables d\u2019Olonne. Photo Richard Langdon \/ Ocean Images
\nIn recent editions of the race, as technology has improved the have been able to post updates about how their race is going, record audio and video from their boats in some of the most remote parts of the world and generally offer those of us ashore some insight into just how big of a toll this race can have on the sailors.
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As such there are often a number of gifted communicators who are able to provide a sense of the soaring highs and crashing lows that accompany the c.80 day voyage around the world. Without doubt one of the sailors who truly captured the public\u2019s imagination in the 2020\/2021 Vend\u00e9e Globe was British sailor, Pip Hare.
\nPip\u2019s struggle to even make the startline of the race as she tried to find funding to fulfil her dream of sailing in a Vend\u00e9e has been enthralling. Her many generations old boat was never likely to trouble the top step of the podium, but if she could make it round and sail well, she would increase the chance of securing increased backing in the future and hopefully arrive at the startline for the next Vend\u00e9e Globe with a much more competitive package.
\nPip sailed an incredibly impressive race to finish this edition of the Vend\u00e9e Globe in 19th position despite a raft of difficulties throughout the race, including replacing a broken rudder in the Southern Ocean.
\nFor more information about Pip\u2019s sailing, read her blog at: piphare.com\/blog\u00a0or follow Pip on\u00a0Instagram\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook.
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