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Photo: Nicolas Richoffer, 2011, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 'Ellen MacArthur 2011.jpg': photograph by Nicolas Richoffer (own work uploaded by the author), taken 14 March 2011 in Paris, licence CC BY-SA 4.0 stated by the author. Original 4256 x 2832, downscaled once to 1200 x 799 (no upscaling). The Wikidata P18 image (Flickr 'Amplified2010', CC BY 2.0, uploaded by a third party) was not used because the author-uploaded file has a clearer basis and Flickr was not rechecked; no conflicting institutional notice found. · CC BY-SA 4.0
athlete · Contemporary
Ellen MacArthur
b. 1976
Known For
athleticcultural
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Trait Constellation
Key Achievements
On 7 February 2005 she completed a solo, non-stop circumnavigation in 71 days 14 hours 18 minutes 33 seconds on the 75-foot trimaran B&Q, beating Francis Joyon's February 2004 time of 72 days 22 hours 54 minutes.
She finished second in the 2000-01 Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race in 94 days, about 20 hours behind the winner, after a collision with a submerged container and a broken forestay.
After retiring from competitive sailing in 2009, she founded the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2010 to promote a circular economy.
Moments That Reveal Them
Dateline reports that when her generator overheated on day 14 of the 2004-05 record attempt, she routed cold outside air into the cabin to cool it and carried on.
This is consistent with improvising practical fixes alone at sea. Resourcefulness
In the 2000-01 Vendee Globe, after hitting a submerged container and then breaking her main forestay, she repaired what she could, slowed to protect the mast and still finished second, according to the Los Angeles Times.
This is consistent with continuing a race through repeated equipment failures. Persistence
Turning Points
After finishing second in the Vendee Globe she moved on to round-the-world record attempts, first with the catamaran Kingfisher 2 (mast broken) and then a purpose-built trimaran that took the record in 2005.
This is consistent with a shift from racing others to chasing an elapsed-time record with escalating attempts. Achievement Drive
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Sources
- Ellen MacArthur (Q262259) -- verified live via the Wikidata API (2026-10-24): English label 'Ellen MacArthur', description 'long-distance yachtswoman', born 1976-07-08, no date of death, citizenship United Kingdom, Korean label '엘런 맥아더', P18 image 'Ellen MacArthur, 2010 (cropped).jpg'. Orientation only; not used as support for any row.
- Encyclopedia.com, 'MacArthur, Ellen' (Gale biographical reference entry; encyclopedia.com), read in full: career summary (1995 British Isles solo sail, 1997 transatlantic race 17th, 1998 Route du Rhum class win, second in the 2000-01 Vendee Globe, 2003 Jules Verne attempt ended by a broken mast, 2005 solo circumnavigation record in 71 days 14 hours 18 minutes 33 seconds on the 75-foot multihull B&Q, MBE 2002, made a dame 2005), her preparation for the Vendee Globe, and diary extracts from the record voyage. CANONICAL SIGNIFICANCE SOURCE. Reference biography; its early-life and illness passages were not used.
- Guinness World Records, 'Fastest circumnavigation sailing solo (female)' (guinnessworldrecords.com), read in full: Ellen MacArthur (UK) sailed solo and non-stop around the world in 71 days 14 hr 18 min 33 sec from 28 November 2004 to 7 February 2005 in the trimaran B&Q, from Ushant via the Cape of Good Hope, south of Australia and Cape Horn. Record-keeper's entry, not an independent verification of the sailing; the World Sailing Speed Record Council ratification page was not opened.
- Marjorie Miller, 'A 60-Foot Boat, a 5-Foot-2 Woman, a 94-Day Race to Fame' (Los Angeles Times, 5 March 2001), read in full: the 2000-01 Vendee Globe account including her Mini-Transat completion, 2,500 sponsorship letters with two replies, the Kingfisher sponsorship, mast climbs to repair sails, a detour to help another racer, the collision with a submerged container and the broken forestay, finishing second about 20 hours behind Michel Desjoyeaux, Bob Fisher's remark on her weather judgement, and a printed correction of the paper's own 'youngest/first woman' claims. Journalism relying heavily on her e-mail diary and interviews; includes a correction and a note from her manager.
- BBC Sport, 'Why the French embraced Ellen' (news.bbc.co.uk, 12 February 2001), read in full: Yachting World's James Boyd on her popularity in France, that she had been known there since 1997, made the effort to learn French and has many French friends in sailing and the media, and found it easier at first to get sponsors in France than in Britain. Sports-journalism commentary from a named outside editor; admiring.
- World Sailing (then ISAF), 'Mac Arthur Returns To A Hero's Welcome' (sailing.org, 15 February 2001), read in full: finish of the 2000-01 Vendee Globe in second place after 94 days, her account of the mast climbs, being behind race winner Michel Desjoyeaux, and her statements crediting the shore team (about 95 percent of the result) and wanting to race again. Governing-body report with her own quotations, so self-account.
- Bob Fisher, 'MacArthur sails into the record books' (The Guardian, 19 November 2001), read in full: she and co-skipper Alain Gautier finished second in the Transat Jacques Vabre after a rigging problem and broken bowsprit, which was enough points to make her the FICO-Lacoste world champion for skippers (first woman and youngest, per the report), and a Vendee Globe finish counted toward the title; she won the EDS Transatlantic Challenge against Roland Jourdain. Specialist sailing correspondent's report.
- Dennis Murphy, 'Ellen MacArthur's journey' (NBC News Dateline, 28 May 2006), read in full: the November 2004 to February 2005 record attempt on the 75-foot trimaran, her business partner Mark Turner's estimate of 50/50 odds of finishing and one-in-three or four of breaking the record, the generator failure on day 14 and her cooling workaround, the Southern Ocean passage and Cape Horn. Television feature using her video diary and interview, so mostly self-report with one partner's quote; no private-life passages used.
- Alyson Brodsy and Krystyna Rudzki, 'Around the world in 71 days and 14 hours' (Indiana Daily Student, 7 February 2005, wire report), read in full: finish time against Francis Joyon's February 2004 mark, congratulations from Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, twice climbing the mast to repair the mainsail, a day behind Joyon at one point, the 2003 failed attempt when her mast broke, the June 2004 transatlantic attempt that fell 75 minutes short, and that only five multihull circumnavigation attempts had been made and one succeeded. Wire-service news report.
- Megan McSweeney, 'Women's History Spotlight: Dame Ellen MacArthur' (SAIL Magazine, 25 March 2022), read in full: career chronology including the Mini Transat, the 2000-01 Vendee Globe, Kingfisher 2's broken mast, the B&Q/Castorama trimaran, the November 2004 start and the record, retirement from competitive sailing in 2009 and the founding of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2010 promoting a circular economy. Specialist magazine overview; used for chronology only.
- Wikimedia Commons file page 'Ellen MacArthur 2011.jpg' (wikitext and API record), checked for the portrait's licence: photograph by Nicolas Richoffer, own work, taken 14 March 2011 in Paris, CC BY-SA 4.0; original 4256 x 2832. Not used for any scoring.