Focus 1, Unit 7, Travelling, Test Review

AMAZING SAILING

There have been many famous sailors in history. The ones we generally read about in history books were, of course, all men! Here we tell the stories of three pioneering women who showed women are just as brave as men when it comes to sailing around the world.

Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz from Poland was the first woman to sail solo around the world. She sailed from the Canary Islands in February 1976, and returned there on 21 April 1978, completing a 57,719 km journey, sailing from east to west. The voyage took 401 days. She returned to Poland in June 1978, and she is still a national hero there.

Naomi James was the first woman to sail solo around the world via the dangerous seas off Cape Horn in South Africa. She left the UK on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8 June 1978 after 272 days. Naomi was born in New Zealand and couldn’t swim until she was 23 years old! During her voyage, she had no radio for many weeks so couldn’t call for help.

Kay Cottee from Australia was part of a sailing-mad family and went sailing for the first time when she was only a few weeks old! She became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and without any help. She completed her journey on 5 June 1988 after 189 days at sea. Tens of thousands of people waited to cheer her as she arrived. It was also the fastest sailing trip around the world by a woman. In the Southern Ocean, Cottee was washed into the ocean but got back onto her boat. When she passed Cape Horn, the southernmost part of South America, she celebrated with a lunch of crab, mayonnaise and bread, and a bottle of Australian wine.

As well as being an amazing sailor, Cottee raised over $1 million for charity! After her trip, she also went on an 18-month schools tour around Australia, speaking to more than 40,000 high school students. She wanted to give them the important message that you can make your dreams come true if you work hard and work carefully towards them.

Question 1

1 Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz…

AMAZING SAILING

There have been many famous sailors in history. The ones we generally read about in history books were, of course, all men! Here we tell the stories of three pioneering women who showed women are just as brave as men when it comes to sailing around the world.

Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz from Poland was the first woman to sail solo around the world. She sailed from the Canary Islands in February 1976, and returned there on 21 April 1978, completing a 57,719 km journey, sailing from east to west. The voyage took 401 days. She returned to Poland in June 1978, and she is still a national hero there.

Naomi James was the first woman to sail solo around the world via the dangerous seas off Cape Horn in South Africa. She left the UK on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8 June 1978 after 272 days. Naomi was born in New Zealand and couldn’t swim until she was 23 years old! During her voyage, she had no radio for many weeks so couldn’t call for help.

Kay Cottee from Australia was part of a sailing-mad family and went sailing for the first time when she was only a few weeks old! She became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and without any help. She completed her journey on 5 June 1988 after 189 days at sea. Tens of thousands of people waited to cheer her as she arrived. It was also the fastest sailing trip around the world by a woman. In the Southern Ocean, Cottee was washed into the ocean but got back onto her boat. When she passed Cape Horn, the southernmost part of South America, she celebrated with a lunch of crab, mayonnaise and bread, and a bottle of Australian wine.

As well as being an amazing sailor, Cottee raised over $1 million for charity! After her trip, she also went on an 18-month schools tour around Australia, speaking to more than 40,000 high school students. She wanted to give them the important message that you can make your dreams come true if you work hard and work carefully towards them.

Question 2

Naomi James’s journey was…

AMAZING SAILING

There have been many famous sailors in history. The ones we generally read about in history books were, of course, all men! Here we tell the stories of three pioneering women who showed women are just as brave as men when it comes to sailing around the world.

Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz from Poland was the first woman to sail solo around the world. She sailed from the Canary Islands in February 1976, and returned there on 21 April 1978, completing a 57,719 km journey, sailing from east to west. The voyage took 401 days. She returned to Poland in June 1978, and she is still a national hero there.

Naomi James was the first woman to sail solo around the world via the dangerous seas off Cape Horn in South Africa. She left the UK on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8 June 1978 after 272 days. Naomi was born in New Zealand and couldn’t swim until she was 23 years old! During her voyage, she had no radio for many weeks so couldn’t call for help.

Kay Cottee from Australia was part of a sailing-mad family and went sailing for the first time when she was only a few weeks old! She became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and without any help. She completed her journey on 5 June 1988 after 189 days at sea. Tens of thousands of people waited to cheer her as she arrived. It was also the fastest sailing trip around the world by a woman. In the Southern Ocean, Cottee was washed into the ocean but got back onto her boat. When she passed Cape Horn, the southernmost part of South America, she celebrated with a lunch of crab, mayonnaise and bread, and a bottle of Australian wine.

As well as being an amazing sailor, Cottee raised over $1 million for charity! After her trip, she also went on an 18-month schools tour around Australia, speaking to more than 40,000 high school students. She wanted to give them the important message that you can make your dreams come true if you work hard and work carefully towards them.

Question 3

On her round the world trip, Kay Cottee…