Alex Pella

Alex Pella

Alex Pella
Personal information
Nickname(s) The Spanish Devil
Nationality Spanish
Born (1972-11-02) 2 November 1972
Barcelona
Website alexpella.es
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Sailing
Club Royal Barcelona Yacht Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Jules Verne Trophy 2017 Absolute round-the-world speed sailing record. Fastest circumnavigation of the world.
  • 1º Route du Rhum 2014 First and only Spanish to win a transoceanic single-handed regatta
  • 2º Mini Transat 6.50 2005 First and only Spanish to win a leg of a transoceanic single-handed regatta
  • 3º 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 skipper and sailor. In 2014 he became the first and only Spanish to win a transoceanic single-handed race, the Route du Rhum. Alex Pella made history once again, on the 26th of 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.[1], aboard the sophisticated maxi-multihull IDEC 3. They circumnavigated the planet in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds.[2]

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.[3]

Other accomplishments

On 19 November 2014, Alex Pella wins the Route du Rhum aboard the "Tales II" and becomes the first and only Spanish 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.[4]

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Awards

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Cérémonie de remise du Trophée Jules à Francis Joyon et l'équipage de IDEC SPORT". Musée national de la Marine. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
  2. ↑ "TVE - Récord Trofeo Julio Verne". RTVE. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  3. ↑ "Pella takes leg two of the Mini Transat, while Corentin Douguet is the decisive winner". thedailysail.com. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  4. ↑ "Spain's Pella Writes Himself Into Rhum Record Books". Official Route du Rhum webpage. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  5. ↑ "The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a new World Recordwork". World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSR). Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  6. ↑ "Francis Joyon and IDEC smash Jules Verne crewed round the world record with 26.8 knot average speed". Yachting World. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  7. ↑ "The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a 3 new World Records". World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSR). Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  8. ↑ "The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a 3 new World Records". World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSR). Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  9. ↑ "The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a 3 new World Records". World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSR). Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  10. ↑ "RTVE - Telediario 1- Alex Pella, Jules Verne Trophy". RTVE. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  11. ↑ "Yacht breaks 20-year-old Round Ireland sailing record". Irish Times. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
  12. ↑ "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). Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  13. ↑ "RTVE - Telediario 1- Alex Pella gana y bate el récord en la Route du Rhum 2014". RTVE. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  14. ↑ "NYYC New York-Barcelona Transoceanic Sailing Record Is Established". New York Yacht Club. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  15. ↑ "Alex Pella, del RCN Denia, bate el récord en solitario de la Travesía Dénia – Ibiza". FVCV Federación de Vela Comunitat Valenciana. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
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