LYMINGTON'S Lorna Graham has entered the Rolex Fastnet Race as one part of a double-hand crew after her record breaking success in the 1999 event, where she became the first ever double-handed crew to enter and complete a Fastnet.
Graham, 29, has again teamed up with Dorset yachtswoman Jo Burchell for the race that starts from Cowes on Sunday, August 12.
Racing the Humphries 35 'Criterion', they will set out to defend and beat their own record of four days, 20hrs and 34mins.
The Criterion Racing Team won the double-handed Fastnet Race in 1999, the double-handed Round The Island race in 1999 and Royal Southampton Yacht Club's Ladies' Trophy in 2000.
A former shipbroker, Graham now runs a yacht care and management company, while Hampshire born Burchell taught art and design at her old school King Edward the VI.
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