Alexia Barrier will become the first woman to race solo in a 32-meter ULTIM class trimaran during November's Route du Rhum transatlantic race from France to the Caribbean ▻ ↧ Barrier ready to make history in Route du Rhum on ocean-racing giant Alexia Barrier looks impossibly small at the helm of IDEC Sport-CIC, a 32-metre (105-foot) trimaran capable of hurtling across the ocean at more than 40 knots. Soon, she will be entirely alone.