Kay Cottee
- January 10, 2024
- Australian Sailor
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Kay Cottee |
| Occupation | Australian Sailor |
| Date Of Birth | Jan 25, 1954(1954-01-25) |
| Age | 70 |
| Birthplace | Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| Birth City | New South Wales |
| Horoscope | Capricorn |
Kay Cottee Biography
| Name | Kay Cottee |
| Birthday | Jan 25 |
| Birth Year | 1954 |
| Place Of Birth | Sydney |
| Home Town | New South Wales |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Spouse | , Neville Cottee : Peter Sutton |
| Children(s) | 1 |
Kay Cottee is one of the most popular and richest Australian sailor who was born on January 25, 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Kay McLaren was born–the eldest of four daughters — in Sydney on January 25, 1954, Cottee grew up in the southern Sydney suburb of Sans Souci. Her parents were an aristocratic family who owned yachts and took sailing for the first time at just a few weeks old. In secondary school she went to Moorefield Girls High School in Kogarah, New South Wales.
Since 1991 Cottee became a member of the advisory committee that was part of the Australian National Maritime Museum. She served as chair for the institution from 1995 to 2001. The museum was closed in 2000. Blackmores First Lady, was purchased by the museum and put in permanent display.
Cottee writes two of her own books. First Lady, her first novel, First Lady, was published by Macmillan in 1989. It was followed by her second novel, All at Sea on Land came out through Pan Macmillan in 1998, about her life over the decade since her journey.
Kay Cottee Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Australian sailor |
| House | Living in own house. |
Kay Cottee is one of the richest Australian Sailor from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kay Cottee 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Kay Cottee, AO (born 25th January, 1954) is an Australian sailors, she was the very first female to complete an unaided, single-handed and unaided circumnavigation around the globe. She accomplished this feat in 1988 on her 37-foot (11 meters) boat, Blackmores First Lady. It took around 189 days.
On June 5, 1988, at the age of 34 Kay Cottee became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe completely on her own without assistance when she set sail across Sydney heads. She was welcomed by thousands of well-wishers. Cottee had quit the harbour just 189 days earlier on the 29th of November, 1987.
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Who is Kay Cottee Dating?
According to our records, Kay Cottee married to , Neville Cottee : Peter Sutton . As of December 1, 2023, Kay Cottee’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Kay Ranked on the list of most popular Australian sailor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Kay Cottee celebrates birthday on January 25 of every year.
Who married Kay Cottee?
Kay Cottee AO
Citizenship| Australian
Occupation| Yachtswoman motivational speaker boatbuilder business executive
author artist
Spouse(s)| Neville Cottee ( m. 1972–1981) Peter Sutton ( m. 1989)
Children| 1
How old is Kay Cottee?
68 years (January 25, 1954)
What yacht did Kay Cottee sail?
Australian Kay Cottee sailed her 11.2-metre yacht Blackmores First Lady out of Sydney Harbour hoping to be the first woman to circumnavigate the world alone, without stopping, without assistance, by way of both hemispheres and the five southernmost capes.
Who sponsored Kay Cottee?
Cottee and her major sponsor, Blackmores used the voyage to raise more than $1 million for the Reverend Ted Noffs’ Life Education Program.
Who was first woman to sail around the world?
In 1978, Poland’s Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz became the first woman to sail around the world solo. In the two years that it took her to achieve this feat, she discovered some of the globe’s most beautiful gems, like Tahiti or the Canary Islands.