Why Kirsten Neuschafer is entering the world’s toughest ocean race

Nothing but a yacht and a star to steer her by on low-tech trip

15 August 2021 - 00:00 By bobby jordan

About a year ago, Cape Town businessman Jeremy Bagshaw bought a damaged yacht and told family and friends he would be sailing around the world by himself, with little radio contact and enough food to last for a year...

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