Lisa Blair sailed her 15.25-meter Hick 50 into the record books this year as the fastest, non-stop, solo sailor to circumnavigate Antarctica. The wild, demanding nature of the Southern Ocean required Lisa Blair to ensure her vessel was in the best possible condition before undertaking her voyage. Equally important was provisioning the proper materials and spare parts to cover every kind of repair job on her epic voyage.
Setting the Record
On her first attempt at circumnavigating Antarctica in 2017, she made history as the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica—with just one emergency stop to repair a broken mast in Cape Town, South Africa. The dismasting in a violent storm prevented her from beating Russian sailor Fedor Konyukhov’s record of 102 days. Her memoir, Facing Fear, recounts the…
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Sailing World (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2023