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
Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race Chaundy, who finished in 29th place, with a time of 28 days., https://web.archive.org/web/20071022075203/http://www.rwyc.org/rwdb/article/view.asp?id=67&sm=OSTAR Dame Naomi James, who became the first lady to circumnavigate the globe single-handedly in 1977/78 was reunited with the Express Crusader (fitted out and renamed Kriter Lady) for the race. She was the first woman back and broke the women's speed record. Her husband Rob James also competed in that race, finishing twelfth in the trimaran Boatfile. The top ten finishers: Canadian skippers Mike Birch and Bob Lush were the subject of a National Film Board of Canada documentary "Singlehanders", released in 1982. The 1984 race saw