27/01/2026
Because some news is just worth sharing again… hope mainstream British media pick this up soon!
The Famous Project becomes the first all-female crew to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world as they complete their Jules Verne Trophy bid. Congratulations to the team!
This is also the first time an all-female crew has sailed a maxi multihull around the world. The only previous all-female attempt on the record–– Tracy Edwards’ Royal & Sun Alliance–– was dismasted in the Southern Ocean. In total, just 14 female sailors have ever attempted a Jules Verne Trophy circumnavigation.
https://www.yachtingworld.com/all-latest-posts/the-famous-project-becomes-first-all-female-crew-to-sail-non-stop-around-the-world-161826
Shortly before the finish, The Famous Project sailor, Dee Caffari, posted a quote by former US President Theodore Roosevelt on Facebook: “It is not the critic who counts; not the one who points out how the strong woman [Dee’s edit] stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
“The credit belongs to the woman who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds...
“Who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends herself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if she fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that her place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
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