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She prefers inshore one-design sailing, and sails in both match racing events and fleet racing events. [8] As of April 2021, Breault was the top ranked women's matching race sailor in the United States and #3 in the world; in the open rankings she is ranked #7 in the United States and #39 in the world. [9] Sailing is in the family around Breault.
Brauer grew up on Long Island, New York, and attended East Hampton High School, graduating in 2012. [3] [4] She attended the University of Hawaiʻi, where she studied nutritional science and competed for the college's sailing team, later becoming the team's captain.
Tracy Edwards, MBE (born 5 September 1962) is a British sailor. In 1989 she skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, becoming the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy and was appointed MBE.
In November 2014, Dekker's book One Girl, One Dream was published. [65] On 20 February 2015, she obtained a Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate (also becoming the youngest person to do so in the process). [66] She has been working towards doing long-distance educational sailings with children. She founded Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation. [67]
On the 24th May 2024, Blair established a new sailing record; sailing unassisted, solo and on a monohull anticlockwise around New Zealand from Auckland to Auckland, a total distance of 2,672nm. [15] The circumnavigation, which required her course to include all rocks and islands laying within 8nm of the mainland, took Blair 16 days and 23 hours ...
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Henderson began sailing aged 13. After spending a short period of time with the Sea Cadets, she decided to pursue a career in sailing.Following a season working with "Girls for Sail" (the UK's only all-female sailing school), Henderson skippered three ARC Trans Atlantic races, twice as youngest skipper in the race.
By the end of the treacherous, days-long operation, both the woman and the girl were rescued, ... child, cat and tortoise from their sailing vessel 925 miles off Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 29, 2024. ...