RSS FeedHilary Lister to race in Fastnet 2011
January 19, 2010
via pbo.co.uk
Quadriplegic yachtswoman Hilary Lister has announce her intention to compete in the 2011 Fastnet Race in a Class 40 boat and is now actively seeking sponsors for this project.
Hilary, who is paralysed from the neck down, became the first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain in 2009, controlling her boat entirely with her breath. This feat led to her becoming one of the four woman finalists in the 2009 ISAF World Sailor of the Year awards.
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