Helly Hansen

Hannah made it across the Atlantic - solo!
 
Hannah White was the first woman to cross the finish line this morning at 07.52 (EDT) in the 2009 OSTAR race; single handed from UK to Newport, USA. Twenty six year old Hannah, from Lymington, was the fourth skipper over the finish line after 17 days alone in the North Atlantic.

Hannah narrowly missed breaking Mary Falk’s record for 35 foot and under boats. Hannah reports that about one and a half miles from the finish, she had to drop her spinnaker and change course to avoid colliding with a large cargo vessel. She says that this manoeuvre may well have cost her the record in the final stages of the race.

Since Hannah’s first attempt at the OSTAR in 2005, she has been working and sailing with some of the world’s finest single handed sailors and this has paid handsome dividends for her OSTAR 2009 performance.
At Helly Hansen we are really proud to work with such a talented solo sailor as Hannah White, an athlete representing the next generation offshore sailors. As a part of Helly Hansen’s international team Hannah takes actively part in developing performance sailing gear for women’s for the years to come