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JAMES, NAOMI Alone Around the World
New York Coward, Mccann & Geoghegan, 1979 Hard Cover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
192 pages, 16 plates, map endpapers, cloth, dj, very good. 1st American edition. From the dust jacket: "Naomi James is the first woman to sail around the world single-handedly and at the same time break Sir Francis Chichester's record for speed. Here is the first-hand narrative of her epic sea voyage - the thrilling story of how one woman challenged the elements, conquered fear and triumphed alone on the sea." From the Wikipedia website: "Dame Naomi James DBE, (b. 2 March 1949) was the first woman to sail single-handed (ie. solo) around the world via Cape Horn. She 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. The New Zealand-born James sailed around the world aboard the 53 ft yacht Express Crusader. During her voyage, she once nearly lost her mast, capsized and had no radio for several weeks. Although she finished her voyage without a companion, she did not start it alone. A kitten named Boris accompanied her but went overboard during the voyage. Naomi James was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1979 in recognition of her achievements. She gave up sailing in 1982 after winning the two thousand mile Round Britain Race with her husband Rob, because she suffered badly from sea sickness during that voyage (possibly augmented by morning sickness due to her pregnancy). The following year she lost her husband who fell overboard and drowned while sailing off Salcombe, Devon. Naomi Haythorne now lives in southern Ireland with her daughter, Lois, who was born after Dame Naomi's husband's death."
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