Dame Ellen sails for city.Byline: MICHAEL McHUGH Michael Hudson McHugh, AC QC, (born 1935) is a former justice of the High Court of Australia; the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. Judicial Activity ROUND the world yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, DBE (born July 8, 1976) is an English sailor from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. She is best known as a solo long-distance yachtswoman who, on February 7, 2005, broke the world record for the has set sail for Northern Ireland. She will drop anchor in Belfast in early August as part of her Skandia Round Britain Voyage with young people who battled cancer. Dame Ellen arrived back in the UK in February 2005 after her 71-day recordbreaking journey. She said: "I'm delighted to be sharing this moment with the young people. "The work and generosity that has gone into The Ellen MacArthur Trust Skandia Voyage of Discovery project is second to none." CAPTION(S): VOYAGE OF HOPE Ellen MacArthur, far right, and her crew leave on trip around the UK yesterday |
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