Intrepid 27-year-old sailor Ella Hibbert has made the difficult decision to delay her departure to sail solo around the Arctic circle until next year, but will instead depart this summer on a training expedition to Norway and Russia in preparation.
‘ is just a couple of short weeks away from being ready – but to leave for the circumnavigation this year would mean to leave within the next month, and I haven’t yet had time to trial and test offshore and in heavy weather,’ Ella told . ‘To set sail for such an expedition without doing my due diligence of training could be a huge mistake. So, I’ve made the difficult decision to postpone the circumnavigation until next year. However, that doesn’t mean everything just stops. and I will be setting sail in June, to Norway and Russia. Our “mini” expedition this year will be fantastic training.’
