Nicolette Milnes Walker - a remarkable woman

[Poignard]

The pioneering sailor you've probably never heard of: Nicolette Milnes Walker - Practical Boat Owner

 

[Wansworth]

Maybe my memory fails me but back in 1978 I spent time in West Cowes with a couple who helped her get ready Whilst she was in Cowes?

 

[Biggles Wader]

Ive got her book, Im sure many of us have read it. Anyone know what happened to Aziz, her Pioneer 9?

 

[Stemar]

Fascinating story. While the voyage is impressive, what I particularly admire is the way she found celebrity wanting and turned her back on it.

[naughty]Aziz had a fin keel and spade rudder. How come she didn't die? Such boats are clearly unsuitable for going out of Lake Solent?[/naughty]

 

[Poignard]

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[naughty]Aziz had a fin keel and spade rudder. How come she didn't die? Such boats are clearly unsuitable for going out of Lake Solent?[/naughty]

'Ere we go.

Watch this thread degenerate into another long keel vs fin keel row.

 

[yoda]

Ive got her book, Im sure many of us have read it. Anyone know what happened to Aziz, her Pioneer 9?

Last seen at Calstock on the Tamar river.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Fascinating story. While the voyage is impressive, what I particularly admire is the way she found celebrity wanting and turned her back on it.

[naughty]Aziz had a fin keel and spade rudder. How come she didn't die? Such boats are clearly unsuitable for going out of Lake Solent?[/naughty]

Depends what kind of anchor she had

 

[Eygthene]

Nicolette Milnes Walker (a beautiful young woman) came to the midlands and gave us an illustrated talk all about her single handed passage across the Atlantic.