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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|1|25}}<ref name=Routledge>{{cite web|title=Cottee, Kay AO|url=http://www.worldwhoswho.com/public/views/entry.html?id=sl594576|publisher=World Who's Who, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group|accessdate=22 February 2013}}</ref>
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| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia}}
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==Solo circumnavigation==
==Solo circumnavigation==
[[File:"Blackmore's First Lady" (7854122622).jpg|thumb|The yacht ''Blackmores First Lady'']]
[[File:"Blackmore's First Lady" (7854122622).jpg|thumb|The yacht ''Blackmores First Lady'']]
On 5 June 1988 at age 34, Kay Cottee became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and unassisted when she sailed through Sydney heads. She was greeted by tens of thousands of well-wishers. Cottee had left the harbour 189 days earlier, on 29 November 1987.<ref name=Eugene>{{cite news|title=Australia hails woman-sailor for non-stop, solo world trip|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v-hVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6855,1415290&dq=kay+cottee&hl=en|accessdate=22 February 2013|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=6 June 1987}}</ref>
On 5 June 1988 at age 34, Kay Cottee became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and unassisted when she sailed through Sydney heads. She was greeted by tens of thousands of well-wishers. Cottee had left the harbour 189 days earlier, on 29 November 1987.<ref name=Eugene>{{cite news|title=Australia hails woman-sailor for non-stop, solo world trip|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v-hVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6855,1415290&dq=kay+cottee&hl=en|access-date=22 February 2013|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=6 June 1987}}</ref>


The historic voyage on her 37&nbsp;ft yacht ''Blackmores First Lady''<ref>{{cite web|title=Blackmores First Lady |url=http://www.anmm.gov.au/webdata/resources/pdfs/vessels/Blackmores_First_Lady.pdf |publisher=Australian National Maritime Museum |accessdate=22 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427123837/http://www.anmm.gov.au/webdata/resources/pdfs/vessels/Blackmores_First_Lady.pdf |archivedate=27 April 2013 }}</ref> was also the fastest sailing trip around the world by a woman<ref name=Eugene /> and the first solo, non-stop and unassisted voyage around the world by a woman.<ref name=Ovations>{{cite web|title=Kay Cottee|url=http://www.ovations.com.au/speakers/kay-cottee.html|publisher=Ovations|accessdate=22 February 2013}}</ref>
The historic voyage on her 37&nbsp;ft yacht ''Blackmores First Lady''<ref>{{cite web|title=Blackmores First Lady |url=http://www.anmm.gov.au/webdata/resources/pdfs/vessels/Blackmores_First_Lady.pdf |publisher=Australian National Maritime Museum |access-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427123837/http://www.anmm.gov.au/webdata/resources/pdfs/vessels/Blackmores_First_Lady.pdf |archive-date=27 April 2013 }}</ref> was also the fastest sailing trip around the world by a woman<ref name=Eugene /> and the first solo, non-stop and unassisted voyage around the world by a woman.<ref name=Ovations>{{cite web|title=Kay Cottee|url=http://www.ovations.com.au/speakers/kay-cottee.html|publisher=Ovations|access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref>


In the [[Southern Ocean]], Cottee's boat was knocked down continuously and she was washed overboard.<ref name=btcycle>{{cite web|title=Fearless Femmes|url=http://www.btcycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Outer-Edge-280710.pdf|publisher=btcycle.com|accessdate=22 February 2013|page=71|date=28 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="Dinkum Aussies">{{cite web|title=Sporting Oz Sailing- Kay Cottee|url=http://www.dinkumaussies.com/ARMY/..%2FSPORTING%20Oz%20Sailing%2FKay%20Cottee.htm|publisher=Dinkum Aussies|accessdate=22 February 2013|year=1999}}</ref> When Cottee rounded Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America, she celebrated with a lunch of crab, mayonnaise and self baked bread, and a bottle of [[Penfolds Grange|Grange]], a prestigious Australian wine.<ref name="Dinkum Aussies" />
In the [[Southern Ocean]], Cottee's boat was knocked down continuously and she was washed overboard.<ref name=btcycle>{{cite web|title=Fearless Femmes|url=http://www.btcycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Outer-Edge-280710.pdf|publisher=btcycle.com|access-date=22 February 2013|page=71|date=28 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="Dinkum Aussies">{{cite web|title=Sporting Oz Sailing- Kay Cottee|url=http://www.dinkumaussies.com/ARMY/..%2FSPORTING%20Oz%20Sailing%2FKay%20Cottee.htm|publisher=Dinkum Aussies|access-date=22 February 2013|year=1999}}</ref> When Cottee rounded Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America, she celebrated with a lunch of crab, mayonnaise and self baked bread, and a bottle of [[Penfolds Grange|Grange]], a prestigious Australian wine.<ref name="Dinkum Aussies" />


Cottee and her major sponsor Blackmores Limited used the voyage to raise over $1M for the Rev. [[Ted Noffs]]' Life Education Program. Cottee also undertook an 18-month national schools tour, speaking to over 40,000 senior high school students, imparting the message you can achieve your dreams if you work steadily towards them.
Cottee and her major sponsor Blackmores Limited used the voyage to raise over $1M for the Rev. [[Ted Noffs]]' Life Education Program. Cottee also undertook an 18-month national schools tour, speaking to over 40,000 senior high school students, imparting the message you can achieve your dreams if you work steadily towards them.
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Since her round the world trip, Kay Cottee has received numerous accolades.
Since her round the world trip, Kay Cottee has received numerous accolades.
* In 1988, Cottee received the [[Australian of the Year Award]].<ref name="Dinkum Aussies" /><ref>{{cite book | author=Lewis, Wendy | author-link=Wendy Lewis | title=Australians of the Year | publisher=Pier 9 Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-74196-809-5 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/?m=kay-cottee-1988 Australian of the Year – 1988] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919114752/http://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/?m=kay-cottee-1988 |date=19 September 2010 }}</ref>
* In 1988, Cottee received the [[Australian of the Year Award]].<ref name="Dinkum Aussies" /><ref>{{cite book | author=Lewis, Wendy | author-link=Wendy Lewis | title=Australians of the Year | publisher=Pier 9 Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-74196-809-5 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/?m=kay-cottee-1988 Australian of the Year – 1988] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919114752/http://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/?m=kay-cottee-1988 |date=19 September 2010 }}</ref>
* In January 1989, Cottee was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Honours|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886612&search_type=simple&showInd=true|work=Australians celebrating Australians|publisher=Australian Government|accessdate=22 February 2013}}</ref>
* In January 1989, Cottee was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Honours|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886612&search_type=simple&showInd=true|work=Australians celebrating Australians|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref>
* Cottee is also the first Australian recipient of the Cutty Sark Medal presented by the Duke of Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web|title=First Lady|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/firstperson/first-lady/3548374|publisher=ABC Radio National|accessdate=22 February 2013|date=14 October 2002}}</ref>
* Cottee is also the first Australian recipient of the Cutty Sark Medal presented by the Duke of Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web|title=First Lady|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/firstperson/first-lady/3548374|publisher=ABC Radio National|access-date=22 February 2013|date=14 October 2002}}</ref>
* Cottee was also made a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary and an International Honorary Zontion by Zonta International
* Cottee was also made a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary and an International Honorary Zontion by Zonta International
*Inaugural inductee of the [[Australian Sailing Hall of Fame]] in 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sailinghalloffame.org.au/inductee/kay-cottee-ao/|title=Kay Cottee inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame|last=|first=|date=|website=Australian Sailing Hall of Fame website|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref>
*Inaugural inductee of the [[Australian Sailing Hall of Fame]] in 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sailinghalloffame.org.au/inductee/kay-cottee-ao/|title=Kay Cottee inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame|website=Australian Sailing Hall of Fame website|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref>


== Other achievements ==
== Other achievements ==

Revision as of 17:48, 2 January 2021

Kay Cottee
AO
Born
Kay McLaren[1]

(1954-01-25) 25 January 1954 (age 70)[1]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
CitizenshipAustralian
Occupation(s)Yachtswoman, motivational speaker, boatbuilder, business executive, author, artist
Spouses
Neville Cottee
​
(m. 1972⁠–⁠1981)​
Peter Sutton
​
(m. 1989)​
Children1

Kay Cottee AO (born 25 January 1954) is an Australian sailor, who was the first woman to perform a single-handed, non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world. She performed this feat in 1988 in her 37 feet (11 m) yacht Blackmores First Lady, taking 189 days.

Personal life

Born Kay McLaren—the youngest of four daughters—in Sydney on 25 January 1954, Cottee grew up in the southern Sydney suburb of Sans Souci. She was born into a yachting family and was taken sailing for the first time when only a few weeks old. For secondary schooling, she attended Moorefield Girls High School in Kogarah, New South Wales.

Cottee now lives in Yamba on the far NSW north coast with television producer husband Peter Sutton. She is an international motivational speaker, skilled boat builder, writer, painter and sculptor.

Solo circumnavigation

The yacht Blackmores First Lady

On 5 June 1988 at age 34, Kay Cottee became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and unassisted when she sailed through Sydney heads. She was greeted by tens of thousands of well-wishers. Cottee had left the harbour 189 days earlier, on 29 November 1987.[2]

The historic voyage on her 37 ft yacht Blackmores First Lady[3] was also the fastest sailing trip around the world by a woman[2] and the first solo, non-stop and unassisted voyage around the world by a woman.[4]

In the Southern Ocean, Cottee's boat was knocked down continuously and she was washed overboard.[5][6] When Cottee rounded Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America, she celebrated with a lunch of crab, mayonnaise and self baked bread, and a bottle of Grange, a prestigious Australian wine.[6]

Cottee and her major sponsor Blackmores Limited used the voyage to raise over $1M for the Rev. Ted Noffs' Life Education Program. Cottee also undertook an 18-month national schools tour, speaking to over 40,000 senior high school students, imparting the message you can achieve your dreams if you work steadily towards them.

Awards

Since her round the world trip, Kay Cottee has received numerous accolades.

Other achievements

Australian National Maritime Museum

In 1991, Cottee joined the advisory board of the Australian National Maritime Museum.[12] She was chair of the museum from 1995 until 2001.[1][5] In 2000, Blackmores First Lady, was acquired by the museum and placed on permanent display.[12]

Publications

Cottee is the author of two books. Her first book, First Lady, was published by Macmillan in 1989. Her second book, All at Sea on Land, was published by Pan Macmillan in 1998, about her life in the ten years since the voyage.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cottee, Kay AO". World Who's Who, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Australia hails woman-sailor for non-stop, solo world trip". Eugene Register-Guard. 6 June 1987. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Blackmores First Lady" (PDF). Australian National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Kay Cottee". Ovations. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Fearless Femmes" (PDF). btcycle.com. 28 July 2010. p. 71. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Sporting Oz Sailing- Kay Cottee". Dinkum Aussies. 1999. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  7. ^ Lewis, Wendy (2010). Australians of the Year. Pier 9 Press. ISBN 978-1-74196-809-5.
  8. ^ Australian of the Year – 1988 Archived 19 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Australian Honours". Australians celebrating Australians. Australian Government. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  10. ^ "First Lady". ABC Radio National. 14 October 2002. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  11. ^ "Kay Cottee inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame". Australian Sailing Hall of Fame website. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  12. ^ a b Cornford, Phillip (5 February 2000). "Cottee sells First Lady to museum". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 15.

Further reading

  • Cottee, Kay (1989). First Lady. Pan Macmillan Australia. ISBN 0732900158.
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