Charles Ange Ginésy, President of the Department of Alpes-Maritimes, welcomed yesterday at CADAM, sailor Alexia Barrier who completed the 2018 Route du Rhum, her first transatlantic race.
It was on her IMOCA that Alexia proudly crossed the gates of the port of Pointe à Pitre in Guadeloupe on Saturday, December 1st after 27 days, 2 hours, 20 minutes, and 54 seconds, covering 4,983 miles at an average speed of 7.66 knots.
A committed competitor, she has accepted, as part of the partnership with the Department of Alpes-Maritimes, to be the GREEN Deal ambassador and also the spokesperson for the 20,000 Lives association to raise awareness about life-saving gestures. Alexia is also the first woman to compete solo on a Vendée Globe yacht for oceanographic research.
For nearly 15 years, the Department of Alpes-Maritimes has been involved in the Vendée Globe, the famous solo and non-assisted around the world sailing race. After a successful partnership with skipper Jean-Pierre Dick, it’s the Azurian sailor Alexia Barrier who will take up the torch and represent the Department at Les Sables d’Olonne in November 2020. Before starting the 2020 Vendée Globe, Alexia completed her first big solo transatlantic race on the 40th Route du Rhum and will set sail again in July for the “Valencia Globe Series” and then for the Transat Jacques Vabre at the end of 2019.
