Alex Pella Explained

Alex Pella
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:2 November 1972
Birth Place:Barcelona
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Sport:Sailing
Nickname:The Spanish Devil
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  • Jules Verne Trophy 2017 Absolute round-the-world speed sailing record. Fastest circumnavigation of the world
  • 1st Transat Jacques Vabre 2017 Multi50[1]
  • 1st Route du Rhum 2014 First and only Spaniard to win a transoceanic single-handed regatta
  • 2nd Mini Transat 6.50 2005 First and only Spaniard to win a leg of a transoceanic single-handed regatta & 3rd Mini Transat 6.50 2003 First and only Spanish podium on a transoceanic single-handed regatta

Alex Pella (born 2 November 1972) is a Spanish yachtsman. In 2014 he became the first and only Spaniard to win a transoceanic single-handed race, the Route du Rhum. Alex Pella made history once again, on 26 January 2017, when he broke, with the rest of the team, the absolute round-the-world speed sailing record, known as the Jules Verne Trophy.,[2] aboard the sophisticated maxi-multihull IDEC 3. They circumnavigated the planet in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds.[3]

Early life

Alex was born in Barcelona on 2 November 1972, within a nautical environment and a sailing family. Second of four brothers, who have all made boats and sailing their profession, he began to sail as a very young boy aboard his family’s yacht. To date, Alex has sailed on all kinds of racing boats, from the light Mini Transat 6.50 to the most sophisticated Maxi-Trimarans.

Alex has been a professional sailor for over 15 years, in which he has completed more than 150.000 nautical miles. He discovered his passion for offshore single-handed sailing at the end of the 1990s while preparing two Spanish boats for the Solitaire du Figaro.

In his first internationally renowned race -the Mini Transat 6.50 - Alex Pella obtained the best classifications in history for a non-French skipper. He was third in 2003 and second in 2005, winning the long leg from the Canary Islands to Brazil.

He thus became the first and only Spanish to win a leg in a transoceanic solo race.[4]

Other accomplishments

On 19 November 2014, Alex Pella won the Route du Rhum aboard the "Tales II" and became the first and only Spaniard to win a transoceanic single-handed regatta.

Alex Pella wrote himself into the history books of the Route du Rhum solo Transatlantic race and Spanish ocean racing when he crossed the finish line of the 3542 miles La Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe race first in Class40 at 06:47:08 hrs TU/07:47:08hrs CET/02:47:08 Local Gaudeloupe.

He sets a new course record of 16d17h47m8s, beating the 2010 mark for the 40 foot Class 17d 23h 10m by 1d 5h 23m 09s.

After starting off Saint Malo on his 42nd birthday, Sunday 2 November, the Spanish sailor took 16d17h47m8s to complete the 3542 miles course, at a theoretical average speed of 8.82kts. In reality he sailed 4336 miles at an average speed of 10.79kts.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Victoire d'Arkema - Multi 50 - Transat Jacques Vabre 2017 . Transat Jacques Vabre. 2017-11-16.
  2. Web site: Cérémonie de remise du Trophée Jules à Francis Joyon et l'équipage de IDEC SPORT . Musée national de la Marine . 2017-04-27.
  3. Web site: TVE - Récord Trofeo Julio Verne . RTVE . 2017-01-26.
  4. Web site: Pella takes leg two of the Mini Transat, while Corentin Douguet is the decisive winner . thedailysail.com . 2009-10-27.
  5. Web site: Spain's Pella Writes Himself Into Rhum Record Books . Official Route du Rhum webpage . 2014-11-19.
  6. Web site: Rayon Vert - Multihull Line Honours in RORC Transatlantic Race . RORC . 2021-01-19.
  7. Web site: Tea Route Record . Expansión TV . 2018-02-23.
  8. Web site: Alex Pella TJV2017 . RTVE . 2017-11-16.
  9. Web site: The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a new World Recordwork . World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSR) . 2017-02-07.
  10. Web site: Francis Joyon and IDEC smash Jules Verne crewed round the world record with 26.8 knot average speed. Yachting World . 2017-01-26.
  11. Web site: The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a 3 new World Records. World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSR) . 2017-03-08.
  12. Web site: The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a 3 new World Records. World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSR). 2017-03-08.
  13. Web site: The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a 3 new World Records. World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSR). 2017-03-08.
  14. News: Archive Volvo Ocean Race. 2019-03-16.
  15. Web site: RTVE - Telediario 1- Alex Pella, Jules Verne Trophy . RTVE . 2015-12-25.
  16. Web site: Yacht breaks 20-year-old Round Ireland sailing record. Irish Times. 2015-05-06.
  17. Web site: A new record for Idec Sport on the way into the Pacific . World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC, the international body, which manages and officially recognises sailing records). 2015-12-12.
  18. Web site: RTVE - Telediario 1- Alex Pella gana y bate el récord en la Route du Rhum 2014 . RTVE . 2014-11-19.
  19. Web site: NYYC New York-Barcelona Transoceanic Sailing Record Is Established. New York Yacht Club. 2010-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140716174200/http://nyyc.org/news/archival-news/2010-news/90-news-2010/584-new-yorkbarcelona-transoceanic-sailing-record-is-established. 2014-07-16. dead.
  20. Web site: Alex Pella, del RCN Denia, bate el récord en solitario de la Travesía Dénia – Ibiza. FVCV Federación de Vela Comunitat Valenciana. 2007-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610153243/https://www.fvcv.es/alex-pella-del-rcn-denia-bate-el-record-en-solitario-de-la-travesia-denia-ibiza/. 2016-06-10. dead.

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