President's Update April

I want to focus our attention on the remarkable exploits of Kirsten Neuschäfer.

The official version sounds like this: “South African sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer of Gqeberha has rewritten the history books by becoming the first
woman to win the solo Golden Globe Race – a journey around the world reliant on no use of modern technology while navigating the globe’s temperamental oceans.” (Yange Sibembe – Daily Maverick) 

But there is so much more than that! Frans Loots assures me that she is the first South African ever to do the circumnavigation non-stop and unassisted. According to the Golden Globe Race website, upon reaching the finish in front on that Thursday, Kirsten became the first woman to win a round-the-world race via the three great Capes, including solo and fully crewed races, non-stop or with stops, and the first South African sailor to win a round-the-world event... Read more...