Captain’s notes: the death of Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, the Polish skipper who became the first woman to sail solo around the world

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Captain Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, the Polish sailor and marine engineer who became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe solo, has died at her home at the age of 84. Born in 1936 in Warsaw, Captain Chojnowska-Liskiewicz began sailing in childhood. She moved to Gdańsk to study shipbuilding at Gdańsk University of Technology, where she met …

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News: World Maritime Day celebrates women in sailing

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Today, September 26, the International Maritime Organisation celebrates World Maritime Day – which this year focuses on women in the maritime community. On October 3 2018, British sailor Jenny Socrates left the Royal Victoria Yacht Club in Canada for her second attempt to sail solo, non-stop around the world. Just under a year later, on …

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