Kyoko Imakire - As 30 mais importantes velejadoras solitárias de todos os tempos e lugares 9

Kyoko Imakire - no portrait available on internet

We were much relieved to be tied up in Kagoshima and absolutely delighted to meet Kyoko Imakire, the first Japanese woman to sail non-stop single-handed around the

world. As we later travelled Japan we saw a variety of tributes to famous sailors, in many cases, the yacht itself had been purchased by the local council and was set in concrete in the town square as a memorial to the local hero. In 99% of cases however the hero was a man and this made Imakire San even more special to... LINK