Every mile. Every storm.
A living exhibit of every record and expedition. Slide between voyages, watch each one sail on its real GPS track, read the blogs from the boat, and explore the storms, the calms and the ocean science.
- The Arctic Expedition: the next recordIn June 2028 Lisa sets out to become the first person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the Arctic Circle, starting and finishing in West Greenland. The dashed line is the indicative route. Follow it live in 2028.
- Around New Zealand: a world firstFirst person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around New Zealand1st person ever, solo, non-stop & unassisted · 2,672 nm around both islands · Under 17 days 7 to 24 May 2024 · Record 8 of Lisa's world records
- Sydney to Auckland: 8 daysFastest person to sail solo from Sydney to Auckland · First woman to sail solo from Sydney to Auckland8 d 3 h 19 m new solo record · 4+ days taken off the record · 1,400+ nm across the Tasman Sea · 2 records fastest person & first woman
- Antarctica 2.0: fastest everFastest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around Antarctica · First woman to sail non-stop below 45° South92 d 18 h 21 m a new world record · ~10 days taken off the previous record · 178 microplastic samples collected · UN Ocean Decade endorsed expedition
- Melbourne to Hobart: a double-handed firstFirst all-female double-handed team to finish the ORCV Melbourne to Hobart435 nm Bass Strait and Tasmania's west coast · 2 sailors Lisa Blair & Jackie Parry · 1st all-female double-handed team to finish · Westcoaster the ORCV's legendary race
- Around Australia: 58 daysFirst woman to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around Australia · Fastest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around Australia · First 100% eco-powered vessel to complete the voyage58 d 2 h 25 m 39 s solo, non-stop and unassisted (WSSR ratified) · 6,536 nm around Australia · 1st woman to do it · 100% eco-powered, a world first
- Sydney to Hobart: the first female team in 16 yearsFirst female Sydney to Hobart team in 16 years3 d 4 h 40 m 50 s finished 29 Dec 2017, 59th across the line · 102 starters 96 finished, 6 retired · 628 nm Sydney Harbour to Hobart · 8 crew 4 experienced, 4 emerging sailors
- Antarctica: first womanFirst woman to sail solo around Antarctica (one stop, below 45° South)183 d 7 h 21 m Albany to Albany, including the repairs · 103 d 7 h 21 m benchmark time sailed below 45° South · 72 days alone before the dismasting · 1st woman to sail solo around Antarctica
- Around the world, and a race winBefore her solo records, Lisa raced all the way around the planet, Southampton to Southampton, as crew aboard Gold Coast Australia, the yacht that won the 2011–12 Clipper Race.40,000 nm around the world · 15 races in the series · 1st Gold Coast Australia won overall · 11 months July 2011 to July 2012
Tracking data: Siim Ots, tracker.ee. Archived weather: ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus / ECMWF) via Open-Meteo, a model reconstruction of the conditions, not what Lisa measured on deck. "Measured on board" (2022, 12 March to finish): Climate Action Now's own NMEA 2000 instruments (masthead wind, heel sensor), from the Yacht Devices recorder fitted for the Seabed 2030 project; readings above 90 kn or 100° heel are treated as sensor glitches. 2022 science: Bureau of Meteorology (drifting buoys, deck weather station), CSIRO and Argo Australia (Argo float), Australian Institute of Marine Science with IMOS (microplastics), OceanOPS; buoy tracks from the NOAA Global Drifter Program, Argo track from the Argo data system (Ifremer). Earth imagery: NASA Blue Marble. Blogs: lisablairsailstheworld.com.
