Ellen MacArthur had never seen the sea before when her aunt first took her sailing in a small boat on the English coast.
She was eight years old then.
The experience was one she could not forget
Even after she returned to her home in the middle of England, many miles away from the coast, her head was full of the sea and boats
she spent much of her free time after that reading about sailing
She even saved enough money to buy a small boat for herself But that was just the beginning