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The steps to leaving a T-Head with the wind blowing you onto the dock (with current)

The Famous Project CIC, an all-women challenge for the Jules Verne Trophy, the non-stop around the world record, will depart on Saturday 29 November.

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On 29 November 1987, Australian sailor Kay Cottee left Sydney Harbour aboard her 37ft yacht, Blackmores First Lady. She sailed back into the port 189 days later and became the first woman to sail around the world solo, non-stop and unassisted.

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