Ellen MacArthur

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ellen MacArthur
Occupation	Explorer
Date Of Birth	Jul 8, 1976(1976-07-08)
Age	48
Birthplace	Whatstandwell
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

Ellen MacArthur Biography

Ellen MacArthur is one of the most popular and richest Explorer who was born on July 8, 1976 in Whatstandwell, England, United Kingdom. Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur DBE (born on the 8th July, 1976) is a retired English sailing sailor from Whatstandwell close to Matlock in Derbyshire and is now living at Cowes, Isle of Wight.

MacArthur’s second-place finish for the edition 2000-2001 The Vendee Globe, with a time of 94 days four hours and 25 mins, is the record in the world for a non-stop, single-handed monohull circumnavigation performed by an individual woman.

MacArthur first came to general prominence in 2001 when she came second in the Vendée Globe solo round-the-world sailing race in her Owen Clarke/Rob Humphreys designed Kingfisher (named after her sponsors, Kingfisher plc), and subsequently MacArthur was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to sport. At 24, she was the youngest competitor to complete the voyage.

In 2002, MacArthur released her first autobiography entitled Taking on the World. Later she wrote Race Against Time, published in 2005, a day-by-day account of her record journey around the world. In September 2010, she published a second autobiography entitled Full Circle.

She was named in 1998 by the British Telecom/Royal Yachting Society “Yachtsman of The Year” in the UK as well as “Sailing’s Young Hope” in France.

Ellen MacArthur Net Worth

Ellen MacArthur is one of the richest Explorer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ellen MacArthur 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

MacArthur was a student at Wirksworth County Infants and Junior Schools as well as the Anthony Gell School and also worked in a sailing academy in Hull. At the age of 17 years old, MacArthur purchased an Corribee and called it Iduna She said the first time she experienced Iduna to be “love at first sight”. In 1995, MacArthur sailed Iduna alone on a single-handed round-the- world circumnavigation of Great Britain.

In 1997, she was 17th place in the Mini Transat solo transatlantic race after building her 21 feet (6.4 meters) Classe Mini yacht Le Poisson herself , while living in an French boatyard.

In June 2000, MacArthur sailed the monohull Kingfisher from Plymouth, UK to Newport, Rhode Island, USA in 14 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes. This is the current record for a single-handed woman monohull east-to-west passage, and also the record for a single-handed woman in any vessel.

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Using the yacht, her first significant record attempt in 2004 to break the west–east transatlantic crossing time failed by around one and a quarter hours, after over seven days of sailing.

Facts & Trivia

Ellen Ranked on the list of most popular Explorer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Ellen MacArthur celebrates birthday on July 8 of every year.

MacArthur was also the last record holder on Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car on the BBC’s Top Gear television driving programme until the eighth series, when the car and rules were changed, and previous records were removed. The competition was a timed lap of a racetrack in a Suzuki Liana. She completed the lap in 1 minute 46.7 seconds, beating Jimmy Carr by 0.2 seconds. MacArthur won Top Gear’s Fastest Driver of the Year award in 2005.

What is Ellen MacArthur famous for?

Dame Ellen MacArthur, original name Ellen Patricia MacArthur, (born July 8, 1976, Whatstandwell, Derbyshire, England), English yachtswoman who in 2005 set a world record for the fastest solo nonstop voyage around the world on her first attempt.

Is the Ellen MacArthur Foundation legitimate?

Ellen Macarthur Foundation USA Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization , with an IRS ruling year of 2016, and donations are tax-deductible. Is this your nonprofit? Access the Nonprofit Portal to submit data and download your rating toolkit.

How old was Ellen MacArthur when she sailed around the world?

She does it. At 10:29 p.m. of February 7th, 2005, Ellen crosses the finish line in triumph and proves herself the fastest sailor on the planet. Ellen Macarthur, age 28 , had circled the globe, sailing 27,000 miles in 71 days 14 hours 18 minutes and 33 seconds.

What was Ellen MacArthur's boat called?

On February 7, aboard a 75-foot (23-meter) Australian-built trimaran called the B &Q, Ellen MacArthur reached an invisible line in the Atlantic, off the French coast near Île d’Ouessant.

Who is the fastest person to have sailed around the world single handed?

The current record holders are IDEC 3, skippered by Francis Joyon in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds for a crewed journey, and François Gabart with Macif in 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds for a solo journey. Most races or solo attempts start from Europe.