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Lessons Learned: Rig Failure

By Sandy Parks · On November 18, 2021

(mysailing.com.au) – Australian Lisa Blair set off on January 22nd, 2017 from Albany in Western Australia with the goal of becoming the first woman to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around Antarctica with the secondary goal of breaking the current record of 102 days held by Russia. On her 72nd day of the journey her boat dismaster and in this article she talks about the dismasting and lessons learned. Read more.

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