Kay Cottee - First Lady | Peter Sutton | 1989 | ACMI collection

Between November 29, 1987 and June 5, 1988 the world was to witness one of the great sailing feats of the modern age. During that time 34 year old Kay Cottee became the first woman in the history of this planet to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the globe. Her voyage covered more than 23,000 nautical miles across the world’s most savage oceans. She was alone at sea for 189 days facing seas more than 30 metres high and winds blowing at more than 80 knots. Rated: G

Credits

producer/director

Peter Sutton

Duration

01:30:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

35921

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cottee, Kay

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Sailing

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Cottee, Kay

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sailing

People → Cottee, Kay

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Kay Cottee - First Lady

Australia, 1989

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