Dame Ellen MacArthur, DBE

Career: professional offshore sailor; winner Class 2 Route du Rhum solo trans-atlantic race on 50' Kingfisher 1998, winner Open 60 Class Europe/New Man Star solo trans-atlantic race on 60' Kingfisher 2000, second overall Vendée Globe non-stop round the world race on 60' Kingfisher 2001, winner Class 1 (Open 60) Route du Rhum race on 70' Kingfisher 2002, attempted to set new Jules Verne non-stop round the world record 2003 (attempt aborted after losing mast of Kingfisher 2 in Southern Ocean), single-handed circumnavigation of the world on 60' B&Q 2005 (set world record time 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes); fndr Ellen MacArthur Tst; Awards YJA Young Sailor of the Year 1995, YJA Yachtsman of the Year 1999, Forum Int de la Course Océanique (FICO) World Champion 2001, Int Sailing Fedn (ISAF) World Champion Woman Sailor 2001