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Clare Francis

Clare Francis
Clare Francis, English sailor and author

Clare Mary Francis MBE is a British novelist who in her first career as a yachtswoman has twice sailed across the Atlantic on her own. She was the first woman to captain a successful boat on the Whitbread Around the World race.

17 April 1946

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