Kay Cottee is an Australian sailor, who was the first woman to perform a single-handed, non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world.
11 Facts About Kay Cottee
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Kay Cottee performed this feat in 1988 in her 37 feet yacht Blackmores First Lady, taking 189 days.
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Kay Cottee was born into a yachting family and was taken sailing for the first time when only a few weeks old.
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Kay Cottee is an international motivational speaker, boat builder, writer, painter and sculptor.
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On 5 June 1988 at age 34, Kay Cottee became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and unassisted when she sailed through the heads of Sydney harbour.
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Kay Cottee was greeted by tens of thousands of well-wishers.
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Kay Cottee had left the harbour 189 days earlier, on 29 November 1987.
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Kay Cottee undertook an 18-month national schools tour, speaking to over 40,000 senior high school students, imparting the message you can achieve your dreams if you work steadily towards them.
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Since her round the world trip, Kay Cottee has received numerous accolades.
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In 1991, Kay Cottee joined the advisory board of the Australian National Maritime Museum.
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Kay Cottee was chair of the museum from 1995 until 2001.