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 \np.12C Stephen Hird/Reuters/Corbis;p.23 ◎ John Downing/Rex Features;  \np.27 CAdrian Sherratt/Rex Features  \nEvery effort has been made to trace all copyright holders,but if any have beeninadvertently overlooked the Publishers will be pleased to make the necessaryarrangements at the first opportunity.  \nOrders:please contact Bookpoint Ltd,130 Milton Park,Abingdon,Oxon OX144SB.Telephone:(44)01235827720.Fax:(44)01235400454.Lines are open 9.00-6.00,Mondayto Saturday,with a 24-hour message answering service.Visit our website atwww.hoddereducation.co.uk  \n◎Mike Wilson 2006First published in 2006 by  \nHodder Murray,an imprint of Hodder Education,a member of the Hodder Headline Group338 Euston RoadLondon NW13BH  \nImpression number10987654321Year20102009200820072006  \nAll rights reserved.Apart from any use permitted under UK copyright law,no part ofthis publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying and recording,or held within anyinformation storage and retrieval system,without permission in writing from thepublisher or under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited.Further detailsof such licences(for reprographic reproduction)may be obtained from the CopyrightLicensing Agency Limited,90 Tottenham Court Road,London W1T 4LP.  \nCover photo ◎MARCEL MOCHET/AFP/Getty ImagesMap supplied by Barking Dog Art  \nTypeset in 14pt Palatino by SXComposing DTP,Rayleigh,EssexPrinted in Great Britain by CPI,Bath  \nA catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library  \nISBN-10:0340914106  \nISBN-13:9780340914106  \nContents  \nPageIntroduction1 The Kestrel2Iduna3 The Fish4Storm and Calm135Kingfisher166Ellen's Next Big Race207B&Q248 What Next for Ellen?28  \n工  \n3  \n5  \nEllen (third from right,standing)with the Royal YachtingAssociation Youth Squad Masterclass.  \n# Introduction\n\nWhen Ellen MacArthur was eight years old,her auntie took her sailing.  \nIt was Ellen's first time on the sea,and she fell in love with it.  \nShe loved the sound of the windand the water.  \nShe loved the smell of the boat,the smell of the sea.  \nThey sailed all day.  \nThey sailed so far from land,all they could see was water and sky.  \nEllen had never felt so free.  \nFrom that day,  \nsailing was all she cared about.Sailing was allshe thought about.  \n1  \nEllen was born on 8 July 1976in a little village near Derby.Derby is in the Midlands-as far as you can get from the sea.  \nYet Ellen knewshe'd found her true home.  \nShe began saving her pocket moneyto get a boat of her own.  \nEvery weekend,every holiday,Ellen went sailing.  \nA few years later,  \nEllen MacArthur sailed round the worldand into the record books.  \nShe was just 24 years old,and only five feet two inches(1 metre 58cm).  \nThis is the story of a little girlfrom a village near Derby,the boats she sailed,and how she won her place in history.  \n2  \n# The Kestrel\n\nThe Kestrelwas Ellen's first real sailing boat.  \nBefore that,  \nshe had a little dinghy,just eight feet (2.5m)long.  \nIt was parked in the gardenmost of the time.  \nEllen would sit on the dinghy,there in the garden.She tied the ropesand changed the sails.  \nHer bedroom wasn't big enoughfor all the ropes and sails.Ellen took the bed out,and slept on the floor.  \nShe dreamed of the sea.  \nWhen she got The Kestrel,Ellen learned to sail.  \nAt weekends and in holidays,she went on courses.She got qualifications.  \nShe learned how to handle a boat.She learned how to read a map at sea.She learned how to read the seaand the sky.  \nEllen had to learnhow to repair boats as well  \nThe Kestrel was old.  \nEllen had to repair bits of the deck,the keel,the pump and the cabin.  \nYears later,  \nalone on the ocean,  \nEllen would ","cbCaijcHt8kREjVj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijcHt8kREjVj","pdf",2328207,36,"English","# Introduction\n# The Kestrel","[{\"question\":\"How did Ellen MacArthur first start sailing?\",\"answer\":\"When Ellen was eight, her aunt took her sailing for the first time. 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