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On 17 December 2018, in between her two Antartica records, Lisa established two new world records; she became the first woman to sail solo, non-stop, and unassisted around Australia, and a new speed record as the fastest mono-hulled yacht to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around Australia, doing so in 58 days 2 hours and 25 minutes.
Speed sailing records are sanctioned, since 1972, by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC). Records are measured either by average speed over a specified distance or by total distance traveled during a specified time interval. The three most sought after records are the: 500 metre (or "outright") record is held by Paul Larsen.
The World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) was founded in 1972, initially to ratify records at the inaugural Weymouth Speed Week held every year since in Portland Harbor.The WSSRC is the body authorized by the World Sailing (formerly International Sailing Federation, International Yacht Racing Union) to confirm speed records of sailing craft (boats, windsurfers and kitesurfers) on water ...
A sailor is aiming to be the first woman to finish a 24,300 mile (45,000km) race around the world for a second time. Pip Hare, 50, was born in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire and grew up in Suffolk ...
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 ...
In 2011, White became the lead presenter for the World Match Racing Tour, broadcasting to over 180 countries worldwide. The live coverage for Monsoon Cup in Malaysia was nominated for a National RTS Award for best live event. At the end of 2011, White joined the Volvo Ocean Race as Master of Ceremonies and Presenter. [7]
She departed Dartmouth, Devon on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8 June 1978 after 272 days, thus improving Sir Francis Chichester's solo round-the-world sailing record by two days. [1] [2] She was born in New Zealand on a landlocked sheep farm in the Hawkes Bay region [3] and did not learn how to swim until the age ...
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