Mary Vaughan-Jones
Mary, who grew up outdoors in northwest England's Lake District, began sailing in her twenties with the Clipper Race, met Alex Laline, completed a circumnavigation, and has since logged about 70,000 offshore miles skippering and instructing in locations including the Pacific, Scotland, the Caribbean, and the UK.
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BIO
Mary grew up in northwest England, spending most of her childhood outdoors in the Lake District. She didn’t start sailing until her early twenties, when she impulsively signed up for a leg of the Clipper Race. She met Alex Laline [59º North skipper & mate] her first week there, and he basically talked her into doing the whole circumnavigation! Since then she has accumulated about 100,000 miles offshore including skippering adventure yachts in the Pacific and west coast of Scotland, First Mate for the Clipper Race, as well as freelance instructing work in the Caribbean and UK.