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“lL nominate* as Woman of |

the Year, Naomi James, who
completed a solo sail around |
the world.”” -_-

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“THE BOAT WAS THROWN on its side several times

and 20 minutes. That eclip-

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ry 31, 1979-A Supplement to the North Shore News

sed the previous world
record set by: Sir Francis

- Chichester in 1967. ,

and I waited all through the night for the inevitable

capsize in frighteningly larg:

e seas -- incredibly,

Crasader came through unscathed”, Noami reported to

Jeanette M. Davy .

Lausanne, Switzerland

TIME MAGAZINE

December 11, 1978

Not only did Naomi James
**complete a solo sail around
the world’’, she accomplish-
ed the feat single-handedly
(the first-ever woman to do
so) and established a world
record in the process.

Mrs. James, 29, set’ sail
from Dartmouth, England on
September 9, 1977, and
returned on the 8th of June,

- 1978 ... completing her. epic

journey in 271 days, 19 hours

The Marine Trades Assoc-
iation of B.C. and the
Canadian National Sports-
men’s Shows have good
reason to be proud of the fact
Naomi James will offfically
open the 1979 Vancouver
International Boat Show on
Friday, February 2 a
Exhibition Park.

The shows runs through
Sunday, February. 11 with
more._than 250 individual
dealers displaying products
valued in excess of $10
million. Opening day has

been’ declared ‘Woman's

Day’’, with the first 1,000

women in attendance receiv-
- ing a special gift.

" Mrs. James will also
hostess a.‘‘Woman’s Day’’
luncheon at noon on Friday,
February 2...strictly for

women including those who |
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work in. newspaper,
vision and radio fields in the
Greater Vancouver area.
That’s set for the Dogwood
Room. on the PNE grounds,

no ‘gentlemen of the press’.

allowed.

With only her kitten
named Boris’ along for
company, Naomi James

'° gained world-wide recognit-

ion in her 53-foot

. sloop
‘Express Crusader’.

Within 24 hours of her |
departure, she narrowly es-

caped being wiped out by a
large foreign ship. The

near-collision took place in~

the dark of the night.

At one stage she hadn’t'

been heard from for 43 days.
She showed up at Cape Town
on the 19th of November, her
radio and. self-steering gear
damaged by towering waves
that leaped. 25 and 30 feet
over the ‘Express Crusader’.

By January 13 she reached
the halfway juncture of her

mission and on the 19th of

March she rounded Cape
Horn, = —— ©
Mrs. James was born in
New Zealand in 1949. Shortly
after arriving in England in
197t, she left for Austria
where she -worked as a
‘language teacher for four
years.

1315 COTTON DR.
NORTH VANC. B.C.

In 1975 she sailed as a
yacht charter cook and a year
later married Robert James,
an ex-Merchant-Navy Offic-
cer. Having sailed around
the world twice himself. -
1973-74.as a crewman on the
yacht ‘Great Britain II’ - he

via the Cape Horn route.

Naomi James has been
named ‘Honorary . Com-

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modore’ of the 1979 Van-
couver International Boat
Show, open weekdays from 6
p-m. to. 10:30 p.m., Satur-

days from 1 p.m. to 10:30°

‘p.m. and Sundays from 1
p-m. to 6 p.m. 7

Tickets for adults will sell
for three dollars while senior
citizens and youths (5 to 15
years) will be admitted for

* just one dollar. Children five

years and under are admitted
without charge..

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As an added. bonus this ©
year, discount: coupons. will .
be available from the Bank of -
Nova Scotia at one dollar off.
the regular price of an adult ::
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