Melbourne to Hobart: double-handed first.
With co-skipper Jackie Parry, Lisa raced Climate Action Now down Tasmania's wild west coast as the first all-female double-handed team in the ORCV Melbourne to Hobart.
The race
Two women, one very exposed coastline
Working in partnership with d'Albora Marinas, Lisa and co-skipper Jackie Parry raced the 47th ORCV Melbourne to Hobart as the first all-female double-handed team, encouraging more women to sail and sharing the Climate Action Now message.
"The simple fact that I am the first to develop an all-female double-handed team for this race shows me that there is still a gap here. This is not an easy race, taking us on a 430 nm run down the west coast of Tasmania before dipping around the bottom into the Southern Ocean." Lisa Blair
Meet the skippers
Lisa Blair, skipper. Multiple world record holder and the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica, who also led the first all-female crew in the Sydney to Hobart in 16 years.
Jackie Parry, co-skipper. After nine years sailing around the world with her husband Noel, Jackie qualified as a commercial skipper, has written five books, taught commercial skippers' tickets at TAFE, and co-owns SisterShip Press and SisterShip Training. "As a supporter of women on the water, I am thrilled to be partnering with Lisa on SV Climate Action Now."
About the race
The ORCV Westcoaster is a 435 nm passage across Bass Strait, down the rugged west coast of Tasmania and into the long swell of the Southern Ocean, before the shifting winds of the Derwent to the finish.
Next: the Arctic
In June 2028 Lisa sets out to become the first person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the Arctic Circle.
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