News: Dee Caffari has started her Vendee Globe race!
Heading off to sail solo around the world again.
If you missed it in the Sunday Times, read it here:
Sunday Times Link
Watch Dee talk about the challenge ahead in a really informative preview from the Telegraph website:
Telegraph Link
Dee also spoke live to Chris Evans and Johnny Saunders on their Radio 2 show on 19 November, proving that even in the middle of the ocean, you can still get a phone signal! Listen again to this interview here
A little background on the Vendee Globe..
The Vendée Globe is the only non-stop, round-the-world sailing race for single-handed sailors. Starting and finishing from Les Sables d'Olonne, France, it's one of the most challenging tests of individual endurance there is and the ultimate goal for all solo sailors. Dee will spend around three months alone at sea, facing some of the toughest sailing conditions imaginable, most notably in the Southern Ocean. She cannot draw on external help, such as customised routing or weather information, over a journey of approximately 21,600 miles. If she completes the race, Dee will become the first ever woman to sail solo around the world in both directions. Please note: Dee is back and talking from mid-March onwards.
Download Dee's Biography (PDF)