Ann Davison then Inchfad on Loch Lomond. In 2017 a blue plaque recognizing Ann was unveiled at Mere Brook House (where Ann lived from 1939) which is near Thornton Hough, Wirral. Davison had no children. Ann Davison Ann Davison (1914 – 1992) was, at the age of 39, the first woman to single-handedly sail the Atlantic Ocean. She departed Plymouth, England in her 23-foot boat "Felicity Ann" on 18 May 1952. She landed in Brittany, Portugal, Morocco and the Canary Islands, before setting sail across the Atlantic on 20 November 1952, aiming to make land-fall in Antigua. In the event storms pushed
Ann Davison Voyage", she describes her life in the early 1930s as an aviator, delivering mail around the UK, and her marriage to Frank Davison, another aviator, with whom she bought and ran a small commercial airfield at Hooton, Wirral Peninsula, which had to be closed at the start of World War II. But the main part of the book, and the title, is about their ill-fated purchase of "Reliance". The boat, which was alongside at Fleetwood, Lancashire, required more refurbishment than anticipated and Frank was unwilling to compromise on standards. Debts grew, and with a writ of repossession about to be