Last year Hilary Lister, a quadraplegic sailor who controls her boat via a system of 'sip and puff' commands through straws, had to give up her attempt to 'sail round Britain' because of the dreadful weather around the coast. In August his year brave Hilary had another go and succeeded, despite weather which was not much better than last year.
All about Hilary can be found at: http://www.hilarylister.com/
In 2007 as a prelude to her first attempt Hilary sailed her boat round the Isle Of Wight course in just over 11 hours.
