Kay Cottee (b. 1954, Sydney, Australia) was the first woman to perform a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world. She performed this feat in 1988 in her 11 metre sloopFirst Lady, taking 189 days. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. ... A sloop-rigged J-24 sailboat In sailing, a sloop is a vessel with a single mast on which is hoisted a fore-and-aft rigged mainsail and a single jib, plus extras such as a spinnaker. ...
She received the Australian of the Year award in 1988. The Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1960. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Kay McLaren, the youngest of 4 daughters, was born in Sydney on January 25th, 1954 and grew up in the southern Sydney, Botany Bayside, suburb of Sans Souci.
Kay was born into a yachting family and was taken sailing for the first time when only a few weeks old.
Kay's 4 bedroom home overlooks Pittwater, plenty of room for herself, television producer husband Peter Sutton and son Lee, who was born in 1993 after his parents took part in an IVF programme.
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