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INSPIRATION
When Ellen MacArthur set sail on 28th November 2004 to break the solo, non-stop round the world record onboard the 75ft trimaran B&Q, she only gave herself a 1 in 5 chance of success.

Only a handful of sailors had ever attempted to circumnavigate the globe in a multihull (the fastest sailing machines on the planet) and just a few months earlier the existing record had been lowered to 72 days. MacArthur’s real competitor was not another sailor but the clock : a clock that never stopped ticking regardless of the dangers she faced. The stage was set for a monumental battle.

Without grit, determination, & dedication, Ellen's boat wouldn't have even left the harbour where it started! She fought until she won!

She went out there with the goal to beat the previous record set by a Frenchman Francis Joyon, and from leaving to returning home, she kept that goal every second of the way.

Ellen wrote Race Against Time in between fighting against the treacherous seas, and hauling the sails up and down, whilst trying to get the odd bit of sleep and then still putting every inch of effort she had into this diary of her days round the world by sea. Her effort captured the world's imagination, and she could not be congratulated enough as just past 10 o'clock on the 7th Feb 2005 Ellen crossed the imaginary line in the sea off Brittany to become the fastest person ever to sail solo around the world!

Thank you Ellen - this book inspired me all the way. What a truly extraordinary achievement!

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5th September, 2006

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