Sailor Alexia Barrier named 2026 Maritime Personality of the Year by Prince Albert II of Monaco

The sailor was honoured during an evening gathering of sea lovers at the port of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, under the watchful eye of the ‘Méduse des Voyageurs’.

A petite figure, yet with strength in her gaze. Sailor Alexia Barrier repeats it to anyone who will listen: ‘By believing in your dreams, you can move mountains. ” She has already done so on several occasions during her career. Completing a Vendée Globe in 2020, and successfully finishing the Jules Verne Trophy last year with an all-female crew aboard her trimaran. And she is now setting her sights on the Route du Rhum.