Krystyna chojnowska-liskiewicz biography samples

Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz is a Polish sailor and in became the first woman to sail around the world solo.

Poland's Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, is a shipbuilding engineer, yachting sea captain and was the first woman to single-handedly sail around the world.

Prior to the start of the trip, Chojnowska-Liskiewicz was an experienced sailor as well as a trained ship construction engineer. Her yacht was designed specially for her needs. She launched in March and the journey around the globe covered 28, miles 46, km and took days. There she had her first yachting experiences and remained fascinated by big ships.

Chojnowska-Liskiewicz sailed with an all-women crew from Poland to Scotland. She also sailed to the Gulf of Bothnia in the northern Baltic Sea with just one other person, which gave her a sense of what it would be like to care for a yacht on her own. Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz was selected because of her experience. Her husband custom-designed and oversaw the construction of her yacht.

Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, a trained shipbuilding engineer, originally encountered the water more from a technological standpoint than from one of bravery.

The boat was named Mazurek after the traditional Polish music genre and was equipped with provisions, tools, a radiotelephone, maps, books, manuals, and a shotgun for protection. A malfunction of the autohelm forced her to turn back and delay her trip for 18 days. After a month at sea, she reached her first destination in Barbados.

With her engine malfunctioning, she relied almost solely on her sails to reach Panama where it took five weeks to fix. She devoted a day of the week to maintenance of different parts of the yacht to keep a routine and avoid boredom. She discussed technical and maritime issues with her husband over the radiotelephone every few days.

She traveled to Tahiti, which she claimed was the most beautiful place in the world. Next on her route were Fiji and Australia.