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HAVING BEEN GIVEN JUST MONTHS TO LIVE, JAZZ TURNER SAILED A SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION AROUND BRITAIN. SHE TALKS TO HELEN FRETTER

Back to sea. Off to the end of land, away from the pastoral, the pretty order of serene lawns, blackbirds and cottages, farms and ploughed earth. The tide carried us back down the sheltered rivers of

Our speed over ground aboard Polaris reads 16kts. It’s midnight and the black, star-studded sky jigs around overhead. I’m tethered to the helm, watching our instruments like a hawk as I bear away to t