“Her handyman skills served her well as she would be selected to crew in yacht races because she could fix anything that broke down!”
Sydney’s The Rocks, to skipper her yacht Dixie Chicken in the famous Sydney to Hobart Race. Still only 19, Liz became the youngest female skipper to ever compete in the
race. That year was the deadliest race on record as six sailors drowned and 55 were plucked from the sea during a massive storm. Liz and her young crew were almost across the
Tasman before deciding to turn back into the cyclonic-force winds to rescue another boat in distress and in danger
winning the race in the Performance Handicap System Div 2 class onboard Phillip’s Foote. That same year she was named the PNG Sportswoman of the Year, and won the title
of breaking in half. The next year she competed again,
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