'Wrong way' yachtswoman didn't realise map was upside-down
21 May 2006 by Sir Charles Cheese-Cake
A yachtswoman who sailed round the world the "wrong way" has finally arrived home safely 6 months after going out to buy cheese. Dee Caffari, 33, from Gosport in Hampshire, left her home in November to do some food shopping but ended up accidentally circumnavigating the globe against the prevailing winds. What should have been a routine journey turned into a nightmare after Caffari took a wrong turn at the Isle of Wight."I thought Tesco was on the left," said the silly woman, "but it turns out it was actually right - it was my own silly fault because it turns out I had the map upside-down! I suppose I should have realised when I got to Greenland but like most women I don't like admitting when I've made a mistake so I just ploughed on to Canada."
Cafarri is the latest British woman to survive such an ordeal after Ellen MacArthur, who lists crying as her favourite hobby, disappeared for several months two years ago after telling a friend she was just nipping out to get some fags. Sadly, MacArthur got terribly confused and spent the next 4 months adrift on the high seas before eventually managing to find her way home after asking a passing tanker for directions.
