Ellen!

Well, I can't believe I didn't know about this before now, but I just found out that one of my heroes, sailor Ellen MacArthur, is 500 miles short of setting yet another world record - the fastest time sailing around the world, non-stop, alone, in a monoholl. It's nail-biting action right now, too, as she's just weathering one of the worst storms of the whole trip! You can check it out .... here.