Yachtswoman Pip Hare sets off on solo, non-stop round-the-world race

British yachtswoman Pip Hare before setting sail in the solo, non-stop 24,300-mile Vendee Globe race, in her 60ft yacht Medallia at Les Sables d’Olonne, France (Pip Hare/PA) - (PA Media)

British yachtswoman Pip Hare has said she has “the whole world” ahead of her as she admitted to pre-race nerves as she crossed the start line of the Vendee Globe race.

The 50-year-old, based in Poole, Dorset, came 19th in the last edition of the race in 2020, completing the epic voyage in 95 days in the event’s second oldest boat and becoming only the eighth woman to finish.