Ellen MacArthur Biography
Ellen MacArthur DBE is a retired English sailor from Whatstandwell, near Matlock in Derbyshire, who now resides in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. She achieved the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe on February 7, 2005, an accomplishment that earned her international acclaim.
How old is Ellen MacArthur? – Age
She is 46 years old as of 8 July 2022. She was born in 1976 in Whatstandwell, United Kingdom. Her real name is Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur.
Ellen MacArthur Family – Education
MacArthur lived with her parents, both teachers, and two brothers, Fergus, who is still in Whatstandwell, and Lewis, who is now in Pennsylvania. She became interested in sailing because she wanted to be like her idol at the time, Sophie Burke, and because she read Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series. She is now the Patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust, which owns and runs Ransome’s yacht, Nancy Blackett. MacArthur attended Wirksworth County Infants and Junior Schools, as well as the Anthony Gell School, and worked at a Hull sailing school.
Ellen MacArthur Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Ellen MacArthur Books
MacArthur published her first autobiography, Taking on the World, in 2002; later, in 2005, she published Race Against Time, a day-by-day account of her record journey around the world; and in September 2010, she published Full Circle, her second autobiography.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation – Circular Economy
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that promotes the circular economy. It accomplishes this through developing and promoting the concept of a circular economy through collaboration with businesses, policymakers, and academics.
MacArthur founded the organization on June 23, 2009, and it was publicly inaugurated on September 2, 2010 at the Science Museum. MacArthur’s sailing adventures prompted the creation of the organization.
On May 17, 2017, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the Prince of Wales’ International Sustainability Unit announced a US$2 million prize fund for waste plastics management ideas. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a founding member and partner of the World Economic Forum’s Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE).
Ellen MacArthur B&Q
MacArthur sailed her trimaran B&Q/Castorama from Ambrose Light in Lower New York Bay, USA to Lizard Point in Cornwall, UK in 7 days, 3 hours, and 50 minutes in June 2004. This created a new world record for a female transatlantic passage, breaking both the existing crewed and singlehanded records. MacArthur sailed 27,354 nautical miles (50,660 km) with the trimaran B&Q/Castorama at an average speed of 15.9 knots. Her time of 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds was 1 day, 8 hours, 35 minutes, and 49 seconds faster than Joyon’s previous world record time. During the cruise, she could only get 20 minutes of sleep at a time because she had to stay on continual alert day and night.
Ellen MacArthur Career
In just 14 days, 23 hours, and 11 minutes, MacArthur sailed the monohull Kingfisher from Plymouth, UK, to Newport, Rhode Island, USA, in June 2000. This is the ongoing record for a courageous lady monohull east-to-west section, and furthermore the record for a solitary lady in any vessel.
MacArthur’s second spot in the 2000-2001 release of the Vendée Globe, with a period of 94 days, 4 hours and 25 minutes, was the world record for a courageous, relentless, monohull circumnavigation by a lady. Until Clarisse Crémer beat it in the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe, the record stood for 20 years. During the voyage, she only got 20 minutes of sleep at a time because she had to be on constant watch day and night. MacArthur was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to sport after Joyon finished second in the Vendée Globe solo round-the-world sailing race in 2001 aboard her Owen Clarke/Rob Humphreys designed Kingfisher (named after her sponsors, Kingfisher plc). On November 23, 2007, Joyon set off in IDEC 2 to try to beat MacArthur. At 24, she was the most youthful contender to finish the journey.
In 2003, she captained a round-the-world record endeavor for a manned yacht in Kingfisher 2 (a sailboat previously claimed by Bruno Peyron and known as Orange), however was upset by a messed up pole in the Southern Sea. The current world record for circumnavigating the globe with just one hand held by MacArthur. In 57 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, and 6 seconds, he achieved his objective. In spite of Joyon’s recovery of the record, Robin Knox-Johnston actually depicted MacArthur’s experience as an “astounding accomplishment”.
In 2009 McArthur showed up on BBC Radio 4’s Remote location Plates. Her picked book was The SAS Endurance Handbook by John “Grandiose” Wiseman and her extravagance thing was a soft worm mascot. On the BBC’s Top Gear television driving show, MacArthur also held the previous record for Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car until the eighth series, when the car and rules were changed and the previous records were removed. The opposition was a coordinated lap of a circuit in a Suzuki Liana. She finished the lap in 1 moment 46.7 seconds, beating Jimmy Carr by 0.2 seconds. MacArthur won Top Stuff’s Quickest Driver of the Year grant in 2005.
She likewise partook in 2011 television series Jamie’s Fantasy School. The Wirksworth Heritage Centre in Derbyshire has a MacArthur exhibit. Her first significant attempt to break the west–east transatlantic crossing time using the yacht in 2004 failed by approximately one and a quarter hours after more than seven days of sailing.
On November 28, 2004, she started her quest to become the first person to sail around the world without stopping. She set records for the quickest solo journey to the equator, past Cape Horn, past the Cape of Good Hope, and back to the equator. She crossed the end goal close to the French coast at Ushant at 22:29 UTC on 7 February 2005 beating the past record set by French mariner Francis Joyon by 1 day, 8 hours, 35 minutes, 49 seconds. Her time of 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds is the world record for covering 50,660 kilometers or 27,354 nautical miles. This is an average speed of 29.4 kilometers per hour or 15.9 knots.
Following her return to England on February 8, 2005, it was made public that she would be awarded the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in recognition of her accomplishments. She is thought to be the youngest person to ever receive this honor. Coming following the occasion being perceived, as opposed to showing up at the appropriate time in the New Year’s or Birthday Praises records, this acknowledgment was suggestive of honors recently presented to Francis Drake and Francis Chichester while arriving at home shores after their particular circumnavigations in 1580 and 1967. On the same day, MacArthur was also given the rank of Honorary Lieutenant Commander, Royal Naval Reserve.
In March 2008, President Nicolas Sarkozy made her a Knight (Chevalier) of the French Legion of Honour in honor of her accomplishments. She speaks French very well. MacArthur was in charge of BT Team Ellen in 2007, a three-person sailing team with Nick Moloney from Australia and Sébastien Josse from France. In October 2009 MacArthur reported her aim to resign from cutthroat dashing to focus regarding the matter of asset and energy use in the worldwide economy.