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<text id=89TT0090>
<title>
Jan. 09, 1989: The Long Way To Frisco
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Jan. 09, 1989 Mississippi Burning
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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PEOPLE, Page 72
The Long Way To Frisco
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<p>By Howard G. Chua-Eoan. Reported by David E. Thigpen
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<p> At 89 days eight hours, it seems overlong for a record.
Still, no one has broken the 1854 sailing mark from New York
City to San Francisco via wind-whipped Cape Horn, at the tip of
South America. Early this month Anne Liardet of France expects
to be on the way to a new record for the 14,000-mile voyage on
her ship Finistere Bretagne, a 50-ft., 4.5-ton trimaran. "Some
people go to the moon, others go around Cape Horn," said
27-year-old Liardet of the record, which is equivalent to almost
five transatlantic trips. "My strategy is not to make the boat
suffer too much," says Liardet, who will be accompanied by her
fiance Joseph LeGuen. "It will depend on the wind. If we have
strong head winds, it will be difficult. If we have 30-knot
winds from the back, there won't be many problems for the boat.
We will manage if we don't break." Why risk it? Says Liardet:
"It is normal in France for a girl to sail around Cape Horn to
break a record."
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