Men have done this but not so with women. Cole Brauer is the only woman in an around-the-world solo sailing competition that's quickly coming to a close. Later this week, the 29-year-old from Long Island is expected to cross the finish line in waters off the coast of Spain at which point she will become the first American woman to sail solo, non-stop around the world.
Friends, peers and sailing enthusiasts have been cheering Brauer on since last October, when she embarked on her more than four-month-long journey. Her boat First Light, a special model of racing sailboat called a Class40, is expected to return to the race's starting point of A Coruña, Spain, on Thursday
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