Guest Speaker Lisa Blair – Australia Solo in 58 Days

Overview:
In 2017 Lisa Blair became the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica with one stop. She suffered incredible storm conditions and a dramatic de-masting but not even a month after completing and surviving this she was already preparing her next adventure. Lisa aimed to become the first woman to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around Australia. Lisa has always seen a circumnavigation of Australia to be a much harder journey than Antarctica and a greater risk of failure.

Lisa explains: “Sailing around Antarctica was mostly open water and once you could handle the storms it was just a process of ticking off the miles whereas with the Australia circumnavigation I am close to land almost the whole of the circumnavigation bringing with it challenges like increased traffic, reefs, rocks, changing weather influenced by land and extreme sleep deprivation, one mistake and I am on a reef or washed up on a beach and its game over”.

Join us in enjoying a positive, empowering story of all the highs and lows of sailing solo around Australia in 58 Days including her almost sinking on her final run to the finish line.

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