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This is the current record for a single-handed woman monohull east-to-west passage, and also the record for a single-handed woman in any vessel. [ 14 ] MacArthur's second place in the 2000–2001 edition of the Vendée Globe , with a time of 94 days, 4 hours and 25 minutes, was the world record for a single-handed, non-stop, monohull ...
Clare Mary Francis MBE (born 17 April 1946) is a British novelist who in her first career as a yachtswoman has twice sailed across the Atlantic on her own. She was the first woman to captain a successful boat on the Whitbread Around the World race.
As of April 2024, the first women, and fastest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted from Sydney to Auckland with a time of 8 days, 3 hours and 19 minutes. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] In May 2024, Blair became the first person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around New Zealand; Auckland to Auckland with a time of 16 days and 23 hours.
Based on the small ratio of women in the race – five out of 200 – she determined to enter in 1989 with an entirely female crew. [1] She recruited a 12-woman crew and mortgaged her home to buy a second-hand, 10-year-old, 58-foot yacht and refurbish it, renaming it Maiden. It finished second in its class, winning two out of six individual ...
Deborah Scaling was born January 21, 1958, in Throckmorton, Texas.She took up sailing at an early age and began working as a crew member on yachts. In 1981, she became the first American woman to complete the Whitbread Round the World Race, working as a cook on the South African Xargo.
He wrote many of the books, including pilots, sailing narratives and Heavy Weather Sailing, which continues to be published by the company (in an updated form). [3] A & C Black Publishers, which had bought Nautical Books in 1987, acquired the Adlard Coles company in 1990 and merged the two companies into the Adlard Coles Nautical imprint.
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Eric Charles Hiscock MBE (14 March 1908 – 15 September 1986) was a British sailor and author of books on small boat sailing and ocean cruising. [1] Together with his wife and crew Susan Oakes Hiscock MBE (née Sclater; 18 May 1913 – 12 May 1995), he authored numerous accounts of their short cruises and world circumnavigations, accomplished over several decades.