Pip HARE MEDALLIA

1st participation
UK
48 years old
Poole (Grande-Bretagne)
Pip Hare discovered solo sailing late, at 35 years old. Not because she hadn’t sailed before – with a 15-year career as a professional skipper behind her, the British skipper has since sailed tens of thousands of miles, including two Mini-Transats and one Transat Jacques Vabre. She has slowly nurtured her Vendée Globe project until just the right time. Inspired by Isabelle Autissier’s books, she dreams of following in the exceptional female skippers footsteps, defining ... Read more
Achievements
Portrait

IMOCA monohull
MEDALLIA
This boat which Bernard Stamm built on the small fishing harbour of Lesconil has already gone fully around the world four times. Bernard Stamm brought it twice to victory, on the Around Alone and then on the Barcelona World Race with a Spanish crew. In 2016, another Swiss skipper, Alan Roura, took up the slack. This monohull of great simplicity proved to be the ideal boat to complete a round-the-world safely. In Pip Hare’s hands, it is all set for a fifth one.
MEDALLIA
- Sail number : GBR77
- Former names: Armor Lux, We Are Water, La Fabrique
- Architect: Pierre Rolland
- Construction: Bernard Stamm
- Launch Date: 03 July 1999
- Length: 18,28 m
- Beam: 5,70 m
- Draught: 4,50 m
- Weight: 9 t
- Number of drifts: 2
- Mast height: 29 m
- Keel blade: carbone
- Upwind sail area: 300 m2
- Downwind sail area: 580 m2
Press contact
Lou Adams
hello@piphareoceanracing.com