Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz
{{Short description|Polish yacht racer (1936–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz
| image = Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz i SY Mazurek.JPG
| caption = Chojnowska-Liskiewicz on the yacht Mazurek in {{circa|1979}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1936|7|15}}
| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|6|13|1936|7|15}}
| death_place = Gdańsk, Poland
| other_names =
| known_for = first woman sailing around the globe single handed
| occupation =
| nationality = Polish
}}
Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (15 July 1936 – 13 June 2021) was a Polish naval engineer and sailor. She was the first woman to have sailed single-handed (i.e. solo) around the world, repeating the accomplishment of Joshua Slocum.[http://www.joshuaslocumsocietyintl.org/solo/solotable.htm List Of Solo Circumnavigators], from the Joshua Slocum Society International {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516052700/http://www.joshuaslocumsocietyintl.org/solo/solotable.htm |date=16 May 2018 }}[http://www.solocircumnavigation.com/SoloSailingCircumnavigation/SinglehandedCircumnavigators.htm Solo Oceans Sailing & Racing], accessed 16 April 2023 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410181453/http://www.solocircumnavigation.com/SoloSailingCircumnavigation/SinglehandedCircumnavigators.htm |date=10 April 2008}} from solocircumnavigation.com[http://sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=%2Fsport%2F2004%2F02%2F04%2Fsoyots04.xml Joyon's strength and skill shatters two solo records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222131721/http://sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=%2Fsport%2F2004%2F02%2F04%2Fsoyots04.xml |date=22 February 2006}}, from Telegraph SportShe sailed from the Canary Islands on 28 March 1976 and completed her solo circumnavigation near the Cape Verde Islands on 20 March 1978, having covered approximately 28,696 nautical miles (53,133 km) over the course of 723 days.[https://nowezagle.pl/wspomnienie-kpt-krystyny-chojnowskiej-liskiewicz/ Wspomnienie kpt. Krystyny Chojnowskiej-Liskiewicz], Nowe Żagle, 2021-03-16
The boat
Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz carried out her westabout (east to west) voyage on Mazurek, a Conrad 32 sloop built in Poland. Mazurek was 9.51 metres (31.2 ft) long, with a beam of 2.70 metres (8.86 ft) and a sail area of 35 square metres (376.7 ft2). Mazurek
The voyage
She set sail from the Canary Islands on 28 February 1976, crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Barbados. She then sailed through the Caribbean Sea to the Panama Canal, and hence to the Pacific Ocean.
After crossing the Pacific, Chojnowska-Liskiewicz sailed via Tahiti and Fiji to Australia, and then west across the Indian Ocean via Mauritius. After passing the Cape of Good Hope, she sailed north, and crossed her outbound track on 20 March 1978 at latitude 16° 08.5' north and longitude 35° 50' west.
Chojnowska-Liskiewicz completed her voyage when she entered the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on 21 April 1978, having sailed {{convert|31166|nmi|km}} in 401 days. On 18 June 1978, she returned to Poland, where, after a period of relative obscurity, she is again seen as a national hero.[https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/rogowska-the-latest-pole-to-vault-to-the-top Rogowska: the latest Pole to vault to the top], worldathletics.org (formerly International Association of Athletics Associations), accessed 16 April 2023{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Shaun |date=28 April 2023 |title=The shunned communist who sailed the world solo |pages=26 |work=The Guardian Weekly}}
Other contenders for the title
In completing her voyage, Chojnowska-Liskiewicz only narrowly beat Naomi James, who completed her own single-handed circumnavigation on 8 June 1978. James' voyage is itself notable, however; she completed a fast (although not non-stop) circumnavigation in just 272 days, thus improving on Sir Francis Chichester's solo round-the-world sailing record by two days. She also became the first woman to single-handedly sail the clipper route, eastabout and south of the three great capes, starting and finishing in the English Channel (a requirement for speed records).
In 1988, Kay Cottee of Australia became the first woman to complete a non-stop single-handed circumnavigation, on Blackmore's First Lady.
Orders
References
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Bibliography
- {{in lang|pl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100327151803/http://zei.fundacjamorska.pl/index.php/Krystyna_Chojnowska-Liskiewicz Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz – Polish Sailing Encyclopedia]
External links
- {{in lang|pl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100327151831/http://zei.fundacjamorska.pl/index.php/Mazurek Information on the yacht Mazurek – Polish Sailing Encyclopedia]
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Category:Polish female sailors (sport)
Category:Single-handed circumnavigating sailors
Category:Sportspeople from Warsaw