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Record-breaking British yachtswoman Dee Caffari, who sailed into the record books in May 2006 by becoming the first woman to sail solo, non-stop around the world against the prevailing winds and currents, started her next ‘world first' attempt on Sunday 9 November. Caffari is attempting to become the first woman to sail solo and non-stop both ways around the world.

The solo skipper, sponsored by the world's fifth largest insurance group Aviva since her first world record voyage in 2005/06, will start the Vendée Globe yacht race from Les Sables d'Olonne, France. The Vendée Globe, often known as the ‘Everest of the Seas', is an extreme 27,000-mile challenge through the Atlantic and the notorious Southern Ocean.

Caffari may be making her Vendée Globe debut but she already has a wealth of experience of battling the storms and depressions widespread in the treacherous Southern Ocean. She has accumulated over 200 days of sailing in this hostile region on previous voyages. The main difference is that this time she will be sailing with the winds and currents and it will be in a competitive race environment. Caffari took 178 days to complete her first record-breaking voyage known as the Aviva Challenge but, with a new generation, state-of-the-art Open 60 yacht also called Aviva, she will attempt to circumnavigate the globe in approximately 90 days.