Jasmine Harrison, solo sailor, double world-record holder, arrives in Fiji!...

Jasmine Harrison (from Thirsk)arrived to a warm welcome in Fiji completing leg 2 of the Mini Globe Race.

The novice sailor who set off from Portugal in December has now sailed half-way around the world, an incredible 12,000 miles solo in her handmade 5.8m (19 feet) yacht, Numbatou.

Jasmine is an entrant in the inaugural Mini Globe Race organized by McIntyre Adventure. Since that first qualifying leg from Portugal to Lanzarote Jasmine has learnt so much.

On arriving in Fiji Jasmine said: ‘I really wish I could redo that exact passage, everything again, but now with my experience and knowing the boat and knowing what I’m doing slightly more.

It was a horrendous passage no matter how experienced you are but is now a world away. There’s two different people in that six months’.

This race is another challenge of a lifetime for the young Yorkshire adventurer, with exciting pitstops since Panama including the Marquesas Islands, Tahiti and Tonga in the footsteps of fellow Yorkshireman Captain James Cook.












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