Hilary Lister, record-breaking disabled sailor, dies age 46

Paralysed from neck down, Lister was first disabled woman to sail solo round Britain

The first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain has died at the age of 46.

Hilary Lister, who was paralysed from the neck down, became famous after she used the “sip-and-puff” system for steering and controlling a yacht’s sails by blowing and sucking through plastic straws.

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