Rosie Swale-Pope had also written her second book, "Children of Cape Horn". In 1983, Rosie Swale sailed solo across the Atlantic in a small cutter, which she had found in a cowshed in Wales and named "Fiesta Girl". Aiming to be the fourth woman to sail alone to America in a small boat from England (the first being Ann Davison in 1952–1953, followed by Nicolette Milnes-Walker in 1972 and Clare Francis in 1973), she also wanted to raise funds for a CAT Scanner for the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. Divorced from Colin Swale, Rosie also found her second husband, sailor and
Ann Thwaytes Ann Thwaytes Ann Thwaytes (2 October 1789 – April 1866), known to contemporaries as Mrs Thwaytes, was the wealthy and eccentric English widow of grocer William Thwaytes, owner of Davison, Newman & Co.. She became the benefactress to many causes and funded the construction of the Clock Tower, Herne Bay. Mrs Thwaytes's mother (d.1803) called herself Mrs Hook, but had no husband. Ann Hook and her sister Sarah were born in London of humble origins either in Islington or near Balls Pond Road, Hackney: Sarah in 1788 and Ann on 2 October 1789. When their mother died, they were obliged,