2008 HIGHLIGHTS
Adrienne sailed on Wild Oats to complete her 17th Sydney Hobart Race and 4th line honours win
Adrienne also competed on the US sailing circuit aboard Holua in the Pacific Cup (San Francisco to Hawaii), Coastal Cup and LA-Cabo San Lucas Race, the Newport-Bermuda Race aboard 'Plenty' and Hamilton Island Race Week.
2006-7 HIGHLIGHTS
Sydney-Hobart Line Honours 'Wild Oats' navigator Dec 2007
Coffs Harbour Race 2007 line & IRC win 'Wild Oats'
Transpac 2007 3rd division 'Rosebud' STP65
Cowes Week 2007 3rd division 'Loki' RP60
2006 TP52 World Championships Miami USA Runner up 'Pegasus' Antigua Race Week IRC 1st TP52 'Rosebud' TP52
Commodore's Cup Cowes UK Runner up 'Blondie III' Ireland 2 2006
2005 HIGHLIGHTS
Awarded Australian Yachtswoman of the Year 2004-2005
Sydney Hobart 2005 Wild Oats Co-Navigator Line Honours Race Record Overall Trophy Corrected Time
Volvo Ocean Race Brasil 1 Navigator: Leg 1 inshore 2nd and offshore leg 1 3rd. Second overall
Winner of Rolex Transatlantic 2005 on Dubois 53 metre 'Drumbeat' in May-June.
Hawaii Offshore Series 'Pegasus TP52' 1st.
Adrienne was a FINALIST for the Confederation of Australian Sport Members' Award - Individual Achievement Award.
2004 HIGHLIGHTS
Navigator aboard 125ft maxi catamaran ‘Cheyenne’ which has broken the Round the World Speed Record on 5 April 2004 in 58 days, 9 hours, 32 minutes and 45 seconds.
Nominated for World Yachtswoman of the Year for the 4th time in 2004.
Nominated for Australian Yachtswoman of the Year 2003-2004 for the 3rd time.
Nominated for NSW Senior Sailor of the Year 2004
Maxi Worlds Championships Runner Up Porto Cervo Italy September 2004 on 'Wild Oats' owned by Bob and Sandy Oatley.
Newport-Bermuda 1st IMS awarded Navigator's Trophy
2003 HIGHLIGHTS
3rd time nominated for the World Yachtswoman of the Year Australian Yachtswoman of the Year 2003
Admirals Cup Win for Australia 2003 as navigator on ‘Aftershock’
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 1992-9318ft Skiff Grand Prix Champion ‘Ella Bache’ Skipper
• 1993 / 94 Navigator on Heineken for the Whitbread Round the World Race. 1997 - Watch leader on Nicorette, capturing the Trans Atlantic record, and navigator for line honours Sydney Hobart 2000. • 1997 / 98 - Navigator on Tracy Edwards’ Royal Sun Alliance Jules Verne Round the World non-stop record attempt.
• 1997 Cross Channel Record
• 1998 2002- Nominated for World Yachtsman of the Year.
• 2000 - First place 'Smile' in the Hawaii Kenwood Cup.
• 2001 -Navigator on Kingfisher for EDS Atlantic Challenge 1st
• Navigator for two-boat testing for Team Tyco Volvo Ocean Race. • 2002 Navigator and co-skipper aboard maxi catamaran Maiden II which broke 5 world sailing speed records including 24 hour speed record (695nm in 24 hours still current) and the Cross Channel record (5 hours, 40 minutes still current).
• Winner of 2003 Admirals Cup 1st on ‘Aftershock’ Australian team.
• Weather router for 2001 Jacques Vabre Open 60’s ‘Kingfisher’ UUDS and Pindar trimaran and for 2003 Jacques Vabre for ‘Geant’ trimaran (Michel Desjoyeaux)
• Round The World Sailing World Record non-stop on ‘Cheyenne’ April 5 2004 – navigator.
Adrienne graduated in law from Sydney University and practised in maritime/commercial law. Her career is now focused on offshore and inshore navigation for round the world racing and weather routing. Adrienne is a director on the Board of Yachting Australia.
In 2003, she completed a Master of Science in Applied Meteorology at the University of Reading, UK and based her thesis on southern hemisphere meteorology. Adrienne learnt to sail as a teenager and has been involved in almost all forms of competitive skiff and ocean racing. Adrienne has sailed in 16 Sydney Hobart Races, many World Championships in dinghies and yachts, 3 Admirals Cup campaigns, 3 Fastnets, 14 Transatlantics, been involved in 4 Whitbread - Volvo campaigns, and several circumnavigation projects including 2 Jules Verne/RTW attempts (the last one being successful).
Adrienne was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and currently holds 5 world sailing speed records. She is the only navigator to have broken in the space of 2 years the 24 hour record, the round the world record, the cross channel record, and won the prestigious Newport-Bermuda Race and the Admirals Cup in the same period. She still holds the fastest time for a female circumnavigation.
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