Yorkshire sailor Jasmine Harrison hasn't bought her first car yet - but she does like a pickup truck

Jasmine, a double world record holder, became fascinated by boats as a teenager after a trip to the Caribbean.

She said: “I couldn’t afford to get a car and a boat so I settled for a boat.

“I would like a vehicle though. Something big enough to tow a boat would be ideal.”

She has a fondness for Isuzus but she is now working on her latest challenge to sail solo around the world starting later this year.

Jasmine has entered the inaugural Mini Globe Race organised by McIntyre Adventures. The race starts with a qualifying Transatlantic leg from Portugal to Antigua from December 2025, then there will be four main legs, Antigua to Panama, Panama to Fiji, Fiji to Cape Town, Cape Town to Antigua, with other pit stops along the way sailing around 24,000 miles.

She said: “I did learn to drive quite early but I bought one boat after another. There was no contest really.”

Jasmine has been training out of Hartlepool Marina. She said: “I want to inspire other people, especially young females that anything is possible, from small goals to big adventures, they can do something incredible too.’ Supporters will have regular updates via social media during preparations and during the voyage so everyone can be part of this

amazing adventure.”

She was the youngest female to solo row the Atlantic Ocean in 2021, aged 21. She also swam from Land’s End to John O’Groats in 2022, the first female and only third person to achieve it and holds the Guinness World Record.

She has raised over £30,000 for environmental and humanitarian charities. She works as swimming teacher and lifeguard.

The Mini Globe Race is a low tech, everyman boat race. All boats are of the same design, many are handbuilt by their skipper.