"From 2006 to 2008, Priddy circumnavigated the world aboard Sir Alec Rose's yacht ""Lively Lady"". The 36-foot, 60-year-old, sailing vessel was crewed by a group of 38 disadvantaged young adults. The voyage began in Portsmouth and finished there on 5 July 2008. Priddy continued the project as the charity ""Around and Around"" with graduates serving as mentors for new crew participants on future world circumnavigations. In 2009 Priddy was leased ""Lively Lady"" by Portsmouth City Council for 25 years for her to be maintained and used by the charity. In 2015 Priddy confirmed that an attempt to break the powerboat"
"Lady"" was in 2009 leased to ""Around and Around"" for 25 years so the charity could maintain and use her for training. In 2011 the charity announced that, after a refit, ""Lively Lady"" would undertake another circumnavigation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Rose's achievement. Alec Rose Sir Alec Rose (13 July 1908 – 11 January 1991) was a nursery owner and fruit merchant in England who after serving in the Royal Navy during World War II developed a passion for amateur single-handed sailing. He took part in the second single-handed Atlantic race in 1964 and circumnavigated the globe single-handedly"
"at the age of just 16, Robin Lee Graham set out from southern California to sail around the world in his sailboat ""Dove"", and in 1970 he successfully completed the youngest (at age 16–21) solo circumnavigation. Following in Chichester's wake, Alec Rose, a 58-year-old British grocer, set off in 1967 to sail solo around the world. He completed his voyage on July 4, 1968, after two stops, and was knighted the following day. He subsequently wrote a book, ""My Lively Lady"", about his voyage. Despite his failure in the Golden Globe, Chay Blyth had decided that endurance sailing was for"
"to sail around the world without deception. Only two women are known to have sailed around the world before Frances: Jeanne Baré, disguised as a man, and Rose de Freycinet, wife of Louis de Freycinet, as a stowaway. Barkley continued his merchant captain career. He commanded the ""Princess Frederica"", sailing in the Indian Ocean into 1791. Then he returned to the Pacific Northwest coast, in command of the 80-ton brig ""Halcyon"". He traded for sea otter pelts in Sitka Sound, then sailed to the Hawaiian Islands, China, and Mauritius. Little is known of his latter years. They were probably not"
"her life in the ten years since the voyage. Kay Cottee Kay Cottee (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 yacht ""Blackmores First Lady"", taking 189 days. Born Kay McLaren—the youngest of four daughters—in Sydney on 25 January 1954, Cottee grew up in the southern Sydney suburb of Sans Souci. She was born into a yachting family and was taken sailing for the first time when only a few weeks old. For secondary schooling, she"
"sailed the ""Imperial Eagle"" from England to the North West Coast via Hawaii, 1786–1788. He was accompanied by his wife, Frances Barkley, who became the first European woman to visit the Hawaiian Islands and the first woman to sail around the world without deception. Only two women are known to have sailed around the world before Frances: Jeanne Baré, disguised as a man, and Rose de Freycinet, wife of Louis de Freycinet, as a stowaway. Barkley chose to sail under the flag of Austria to evade paying for EIC and SSC licences. During their stop in Hawaii, the Barkleys hired"
"Birmingham"", Clayton survived the journey despite capsizing seven times. Her vessel was named after her home city and the university which contributed over £40,000 and expertise to make it possible for Clayton to realise her dream. On 1 October 1996, Clayton was recognised as an Honorary Freeman of the City of Birmingham. On 1 August 1997 she married the 11th Viscount Cobham, owner of Hagley Hall in Worcestershire. He died in 2006. Lisa Clayton Lisa Lyttelton, Dowager Viscountess Cobham (born about 1958 as Lisa Clayton) is the first British woman to sail single-handed and non-stop around the world. She was"
"Nigel Tetley Nigel Tetley (c. 1924 – 2 February 1972) was the first person to circumnavigate the world solo in a trimaran. A native of South Africa, and a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy, Tetley entered the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, which was the first non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Tetley sailed the ""Victress"", a plywood trimaran that also doubled as his home. He completed the circumnavigation when he crossed his outgoing track on the evening of 22 April 1969, but at that point he was still from finishing the race and claiming the prize for fastest passage."
"Alec Rose Sir Alec Rose (13 July 1908 – 11 January 1991) was a nursery owner and fruit merchant in England who after serving in the Royal Navy during World War II developed a passion for amateur single-handed sailing. He took part in the second single-handed Atlantic race in 1964 and circumnavigated the globe single-handedly in 1967-68, for which he was knighted. His boat ""Lively Lady"" is still seaworthy and is used for sail training by a charity. Alec Rose was born in Canterbury. During World War II he served in the Royal Navy as a diesel mechanic on a"
"convoy escort, HMS ""Leith"". After the war, Rose learned to sail in a former ship's lifeboat before buying the 36-foot cutter ""Lively Lady"" second-hand. ""Lively Lady"" was built of paduak by S. J. P. Cambridge, the previous owner, in Calcutta, with the help of two Indian cabinetmakers. Cambridge had studied boat design during the war, and ""Lively Lady"" was basic, but sturdy and stable. ""Lively Lady"" is currently (2015) undergoing restoration in Boathouse 4 in the Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth which is adjacent to the Naval Base. Rose converted ""Lively Lady"" to a ketch by adding a mizzenmast and in 1964"
"Jeanne Baret Jeanne Baret (sometimes spelled Baré or Barret) (July 27, 1740 – August 5, 1807) was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's expedition on the ships ""La Boudeuse"" and ""Étoile"" in 1766–1769. Baret is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe. Jeanne Baret joined the expedition disguised as a man, calling herself Jean Baret. She enlisted as valet and assistant to the expedition's naturalist, Philibert Commerçon (anglicized as Commerson), shortly before Bougainville's ships sailed from France. According to Bougainville's account, Baret was herself an expert botanist. Jeanne Baret was born"
"by any other primary or secondary sources. Jeanne Baret Jeanne Baret (sometimes spelled Baré or Barret) (July 27, 1740 – August 5, 1807) was a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville's expedition on the ships ""La Boudeuse"" and ""Étoile"" in 1766–1769. Baret is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe. Jeanne Baret joined the expedition disguised as a man, calling herself Jean Baret. She enlisted as valet and assistant to the expedition's naturalist, Philibert Commerçon (anglicized as Commerson), shortly before Bougainville's ships sailed from France. According to Bougainville's account, Baret was herself"
"Lisa Clayton Lisa Lyttelton, Dowager Viscountess Cobham (born about 1958 as Lisa Clayton) is the first British woman to sail single-handed and non-stop around the world. She was educated in Birmingham at the Church of England School for Girls, Edgbaston, and the University of Birmingham. On 17 September 1994 Clayton set out to attempt two world records, namely ""Fastest Sail Around the World by a Woman, Single-Handed Without Assistance"" and ""First British Woman to Sail Single-Handed and Non-Stop Around the World."" She returned on 29 June 1995, after 285 days at sea. On her thirty-eight foot yacht, called ""Spirit of"
"and arriving there again 21 days later, after stops in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Tokyo, and Los Angeles. Captain Hugo Eckener commanded ""Graf Zeppelin"" on the flight. Lady Hay Drummond-Hay, or Lady Drummond-Hay, as she was often referred to, was the only female passenger. Among her 19 companion travellers were: ""Around the World by Zeppelin"" (BBC documentary programme published 8 Jan 2012)</ref> Lady Drummond-Hay gained fame after she arrived in New York, and her career as a journalist was secured for the next decade. She went to war zones such as Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and was a foreign correspondent in Manchuria (China). She"
"Harry Pidgeon Harry Clifford Pidgeon (August 31, 1869 – November 4, 1954) was an American sailor, a noted photographer, and was the second person to sail single-handedly around the world (1921-1925), 23 years after Joshua Slocum, a professional sea captain. Pidgeon was the first person to sail a yacht around the world via the Panama Canal and the Cape of Good Hope, the first person to solo-circumnavigate by way of the Panama Canal, and the first person to solo circumnavigate the world twice. On both trips around the world, he sailed a 34-foot yawl named the ""Islander"", which Pidgeon constructed"
"one point Lady Yule was known as the richest woman in the UK, even surpassing Lucy, Lady Houston, but on her death left only $1.6 million. Lady Yule and Gladys were world travellers. Lady Yule ordered three private motor yachts in 1929 from John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Glasgow; ""Nahlin"" was sold to Carol II of Romania on the eve of World War II. The mother and daughter reportedly shared an interest in big game hunting: Hanstead House was said to have been adorned by a large stuffed bear which they had killed in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado."
"Deborah Scaling Kiley Deborah Scaling Kiley (January 21, 1958 – August 13, 2012) was an American sailor, author, motivational speaker, and businesswoman. She was the first American woman to complete the Whitbread Round the World Race and famously survived a boating accident in 1982 off the coast of North Carolina, which became the subject of TV, books and films. Deborah Scaling Kiley was born January 21, 1958 in Throckmorton, Texas. She took up sailing at an early age and began working as a crew member on yachts. In 1981, she became the first American woman to complete the Whitbread Round"
"of the three great capes; and she completed a fast (although not without outside assistance) circumnavigation in just 272 days. According to the rules of the World Sailing Speed Record Council, a circumnavigation of the globe for speed record purposes has to start and finish in the English Channel; James started and finished her voyage in Dartmouth, therefore fulfilling this condition. In 1988, Kay Cottee of Australia became the first woman to complete a ""non-stop"" single-handed circumnavigation, on ""Blackmore's First Lady"". The first woman to sail around the world was Jeanne Baret, a French woman who, disguised as a man,"
"because the crew abandoned her and fled, taking all her papers with them); on 26 June, ""Lively"", and took the schooner ""Lydia"", bound for the West Indies. The Vice-Admiralty Court at Halifax, Nova Scotia ruled all three to be prizes. ""Lively"" also escorted the victualler ""Levant"" to New York, Delaware, Cape Fear and St. Augustine. In March 1777 Captain Robert Biggs recommissioned ""Lively"". On 10 July 1778 ""Lively"", having escorted an ordnance sloop to Guernsey, then proceeded to sail to meet Admiral Keppel's fleet off Ushant. In the morning, as the fog lifted, she found herself near the French fleet,"
"near Dover, England. Three weeks later, at the coroner's inquest, it was revealed that the body had been discovered clothed in lingerie and the hands were bound behind the back. The opinion offered by a pathologist suggested masochistic sexual activity. The coroner, noting there was no evidence that Tetley had deliberately taken his life, recorded an open verdict. Nigel Tetley was cremated near Dover. Mourners included his wife, Eve, and fellow Golden Globe sailors Robin Knox-Johnston and Chay Blyth. Nigel Tetley Nigel Tetley (c. 1924 – 2 February 1972) was the first person to circumnavigate the world solo in a"
"Kay Cottee Kay Cottee (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 yacht ""Blackmores First Lady"", taking 189 days. Born Kay McLaren—the youngest of four daughters—in Sydney on 25 January 1954, Cottee grew up in the southern Sydney suburb of Sans Souci. She was born into a yachting family and was taken sailing for the first time when only a few weeks old. For secondary schooling, she attended Moorefield Girls High School in Kogarah, New South"
"sailed on the Etoile, one of the two ships on the French expedition led by Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Baret was a herbalist and assisted in the identification of new species. The expedition left France in April 1768. Naomi James Dame Naomi Christine James, DBE (née Power; born 2 March 1949) is the first woman to have sailed single-handed (i.e., solo) around the world via Cape Horn, the second woman to have ever sailed solo around the world. She departed Dartmouth, Devon on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8 June 1978 after 272 days, thus"
"Toronto-based travel agent Donnalea Madeley, who, along with her husband, is also the founder of the charity Hands Across the Nations. In January 2011, ""Liberty of the Seas"" underwent renovations to include features introduced on ships that have proven to be popular. Features of this renovation included an outdoor video screen in the main pool area and the inclusion of the DreamWorks Experience. Later in 2011, ""Liberty of the Seas"" completed her first transatlantic repositioning cruise, moving from Miami, Florida to being home-ported in Barcelona, Spain. She stayed in Europe for the summer and part of fall, and then returned"
"Gerling"" out of harbour on her final journey to the breakers at Ostende. White Ladye White Ladye was a steam yacht owned by the actress Lillie Langtry, built in 1891 by Ramage & Ferguson of Leith from a design by W C Storey; 3 masts; length 204 ft; breadth 27 ft; 142 hp steam powered. She was initially owned by Lord Ashburton and named ""Ladye Mabel"", but came into Langtry's possession soon after as a gift from George Alexander Baird, and renamed the ""White Ladye"". In 1893 Langtry leased the vessel to Ogden Goelet who used it until his death"
"Leonid Teliga Leonid Teliga (28 May 1917 – 21 May 1970) was a Polish sailor, writer, journalist, translator and the first Pole to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe on his yawl ""Opty"". Although he was born in Russia, his parents decided to settle back in Poland after it regained independence. He was raised in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. After failing to get into medical studies, he decided to attend military academy. In 1937, he finished a yachting course in Jastarnia. During the September Campaign Teliga fought in 44th Infantry Regiment, and was wounded at Tomaszów Mazowiecki. In 1940, he arrived in Azov, where"
"Chay Blyth Sir Charles Blyth (born 14 May 1940), known as Chay Blyth, is a Scottish yachtsman and rower. He was the first person to sail single-handed non-stop westwards around the world (1971), on a 59-foot boat called ""British Steel"". Blyth was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire. He joined the British Army Parachute Regiment when he was 18 and was promoted to Sergeant at the age of 21. In 1966, whilst in the Army, Blyth, together with Captain John Ridgway, rowed across the North Atlantic in a 20 ft open dory called ""English Rose III"". After successfully completing this in 92"
"it is now considered by many to be a classic, a belief once held only by Hearst himself. In 1929, he became one of the sponsors of the first round-the-world voyage in an airship, the LZ 127 ""Graf Zeppelin"" from Germany. His sponsorship was conditional on the trip starting at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, NJ, so the ship's captain, Dr. Hugo Eckener, first flew the ""Graf Zeppelin"" across the Atlantic from Germany to pick up Hearst's photographer and at least three Hearst correspondents. One of them, Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay, by that flight became the first woman to travel around"
"a crew member on her yacht and the father of her child. Clare Francis Clare Mary Francis (born 17 April 1946) is a British novelist who was first known for her career as a yachtswoman who has twice sailed across the Atlantic on her own and she was the first woman to captain a successful boat on the Whitbread Around the World race. Francis was born in Thames Ditton in Surrey and spent summer holidays on the Isle of Wight, where she learnt to sail. She was educated at the Royal Ballet School, then gained a degree in Economics at"
"Wales. Cottee now lives in Yamba on the far NSW north coast with television producer husband Peter Sutton. She is an international motivational speaker, skilled boat builder, writer, painter and sculptor. On 5 June 1988 at age 34, Kay Cottee became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and unassisted when she sailed through Sydney heads. She was greeted by tens of thousands of well-wishers. Cottee had left the harbour 189 days earlier, on 29 November 1987. The historic voyage on her 37 ft yacht ""Blackmores First Lady"" was also the fastest sailing trip around the world"
"had been widowed in 1917 was the proprietor of her husband's coal factor business. Kerr joined the company and borrowed about £20,000 from her to buy a 300 ft yacht to begin a luxury world cruise business. In return she was to receive £100 per month for the rest of her life. Details about the first world cruise were published in the UK and America naming Prince and Princess Andrew of Russia, Lord and Lady Teynham and Admiral Mark Kerr as being associated with the venture. The project came to nothing and the cost of renovating the yacht had proved"
"Naomi James Dame Naomi Christine James, DBE (née Power; born 2 March 1949) is the first woman to have sailed single-handed (i.e., solo) around the world via Cape Horn, the second woman to have ever sailed solo around the world. She departed Dartmouth, Devon on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8 June 1978 after 272 days, thus improving Sir Francis Chichester's solo round-the-world sailing record by two days. She was born in New Zealand on a landlocked sheep farm and did not learn how to swim until the age of 23. She worked as"
"the summer of 2018 and in September 2018 depart from Southampton Boat Show with a new crew of women, on a three-year world tour. The yacht left Hamble in November, but had to call into Plymouth for repairs. When they can continue, their first scheduled stop will be Kerala, India. They were underway again, headed for the Strait of Gibraltar, on 26 November. Tracy Edwards Tracy Edwards (born 5 September 1962) is a British sailor. In 1989 she skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, becoming the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of"
"a career at sea. While working as a sailor Seligman circumnavigated the globe three times aboard the ships ""Killoran"" and ""Olivebank"". Seligman purchased a 250-ton French fishing Barquentine named ""Cap Pilar"" on the advice of Joseph Stenhouse, a commander in the Royal Navy and former participant in Ernest Shackleton's Discovery Expedition. In 1936 Seligman, his wife Jane Batterbury, and a crew of six set out on a voyage to circumnavigate the globe. The project was funded in part by the London daily ""News Chronicle"". The couple had a daughter born in New Zealand during the voyage. In 1939 Seligman published"