Violette d'Orange is the youngest sailor ever to finish the Vendée Globe, and she did so in 90days and 22hours. Only 23 years old! Such a strange young woman! I am in awe.
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https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/article/violette-dorange-25th-in-vendee-globe-2024
Violette Dorange, youngest ever skipper completes Vendée Globe in 25th place | Vendée Globe 2024
Violette Dorange completed her first Vendée Globe at 10:39hrs (UTC) today, after 90 days, 22 hrs, 37 min at sea, to not only become the youngest ever finisher on the solo round the world race at the age of 23, taking 25th place, but in so doing, the bright, vivacious, talented young French sailor from La Rochelle achieves a major new pinnacle in a career which started with her sailing the English Channel and the Straits of Gibraltar in a tiny Optimist dinghy as a 15 year old. Her success marks her out as her as a major ocean racing talent for the future.





