Justine Mettraux of Switzerland became the first female entrant, and first skipper from outside France, to complete the 2024-'25 Vendée Globe solo round-the-world race, when she crossed the finish ...
Their ordeal, Pearl writes, “would come to be seen as a true-life Robinson Crusoe with more than a touch of a real Swiss Family Robinson.” If they thought that at the time, it was only because ...