Meet the first woman to sail a giant boat solo in a transatlantic race

By Reuters

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Alexia Barrier will become the first woman ever to race solo in a 32-meter ULTIM class offshore sailboat in November's Route du Rhum transatlantic race, from France to the Caribbean. Barrier takes us on deck as she prepares to do something no woman has done before alone.

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