Kay Cottee
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Kay Cottee AO (née McLaren, born 25 January 1954) is an Australian sailor, who was the first woman to perform a single-handed, non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world. She performed this feat in 1988 in her 37 feet (11 m) yacht Blackmores First Lady, taking 189 days.
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Kay Cottee | |
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Born | Kay McLaren[1] (1954-01-25) 25 January 1954 (age 70)[1] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Citizenship | Australian |
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Spouses | Neville Cottee (m. 1972–1981)Peter Sutton (m. 1989) |
Children | 1 |
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