Sarah Young (sailor)

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Sarah Young (* August 1975 in London - † April 1, 2016 in the Pacific Ocean ) was a British sailor and entrepreneur who took part in the 2015/16 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race . After her teammate Andrew Ashman was killed by a sail on the same yacht on September 5, 2015 , Young fell overboard in bad weather on April 1, 2016 in bad weather and drowned in the Pacific Ocean.

life and career

Sarah Elizabeth Mcewan Young was born an only child in the London borough of Islington. She later studied psychology at Leeds University and lived in the London borough of Highbury.

With Raleigh International , a British non-governmental organization (NGO) for the sustainable development of rural communities in developing countries, she went to Borneo from 2008 to 2009 as a “Volunteer Manager”.

On February 1, 2012, she founded the personal lifestyle company Bespoke Establishment Ltd in the London borough of Holloway and ran it as Company Director until her death.

The experienced sailor, who has already taken part in several major events, started the 2015/16 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race from London's St Katharine Docks on August 30, 2015, or one day later off the coast of Southend-on-Sea . The race, which began with twelve different yachts, was overshadowed in the first stage by the sudden death of Young's teammate Andrew Ashman, who, while Sarah Young was on deck of the yacht, was knocked unconscious by a sail on September 5, 2015 and died of head injuries while on board. The crew then continued the race on the IchorCoal . Sarah Young then had a difficult time, as her companion Jim had to leave the boat due to health problems and her mother was seriously ill at home in Great Britain. When her mother succumbed to her illness, Young returned briefly to her home country after going ashore in Albany, Australia , to attend her mother's funeral.

The distance of the Whitsunday Islands until after Da Nang Young was back on board the IchorCoal . On April 1, 2016 at around 10:30 p.m. local time after reefing the sails at wind speeds between 35 and 40 knots (approx. 65 - 74 km / h or wind force 8 "stormy wind"), she was hit by two waves in the cockpit without a leash and fell into the sea and drowned. After her body was recovered an hour later, she was buried at sea by the crew two days later . The reasons for the burial at sea were the rough weather at the time and the position of the yacht far from land. Because after the crew left Qingdao on March 21, they still had a distance of 3,242 miles to Seattle , so that the body would have had to be kept on board for almost two weeks. It was the first two deaths in the 1995 Robin Knox-Johnston race.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daily Mail Online. Retrieved May 27, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ UK sailor Sarah Young was 'the spirit of our yacht', say team-mates. In: Evening Standard. Retrieved April 12, 2016, May 27, 2016 (UK English).
  3. ↑ Koos Couvée: Islington Tribune. (No longer available online.) April 8, 2016, archived from the original on May 27, 2016 ; accessed on May 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.islingtontribune.com
  4. ↑ Raleigh alumna Sarah Young this race in yacht - Raleigh International. In: Raleigh International. Retrieved May 27, 2016 (UK English).
  5. ↑ BESPOKE establishment LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House). In: beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved May 27, 2016 .
  6. ^ British sailor dies in Clipper Round The World Race freak accident , accessed on May 12, 2016
  7. ↑ a b Sarah Young: British yachtswoman buried at sea after going overboard during around-the world race (English), accessed on May 12, 2016
  8. ↑ a b FATALITY STATEMENT - SARAH YOUNG (English), accessed on May 12, 2016
  9. ↑ Clipper Race death: Sarah Young buried at sea , accessed on May 12, 2016
  10. ^ Tragic accident at the Round the World Race , accessed on May 12, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Young, Sarah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British sailor and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH London , UK
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 2016
Place of death Pacific Ocean