Thank you to everyone who took part in our recent Virtual Ocean Talk. If you'd like to rewatch the talk, or if you were unable to make it on the night, here's a recorded version for you to enjoy.
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Kay Cottee AO is the first woman to sail the globe solo, unassisted and via both hemispheres. Born into a yachting family, Kay grew up the Sydney suburb of Sans Souci. In 1986 Kay raced in the Two Handed Trans-Tasman to New Zealand with her friend Linda Wayman and she returned alone in the Solo Trans-Tasman. |
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Wendy Tuck is the first woman to skipper a crew in a round-the-world yacht race and the first to win one. Wendy grew up in Sydney’s western suburbs and only took up sailing in her mid-20s, from 2002. Working as a sailing instructor and charter boat skipper. In the 2015-16 she became the first Australian female skipper of the Clipper Round the World race. Two years later, in the 2017-18 Clipper Round the World race, Wendy took the helm of Sanya Serenity Coast. Tuck and her crew won this race and Wendy became the first female skipper to win the clipper race, breaking ground for women in this adrenalin-charged sport. |
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Adrienne Cahalan OAM has inspired a generation of sailors, as sailor and navigator during a decades-long career in a wide range of craft - skiffs, super-maxis and multihulls - and in an awe-inspiring range of events - from bluewater classics to round the world speed record attempts. She holds a string of overall, handicap and race records and remains a force in the sport of sailing, on and off the water. Adrienne has been nominated for Female World Sailor of the Year four times, in 1998, 2002- 2004. She is a qualified lawyer who in 2003 completed post-graduate studies in Applied Meteorology. |
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Presenter and host: Daina Fletcher is a Senior Curator at the Australian National Maritime Museum. |
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