Beating The Blowfish: A Candid Account of a Young Yacht Skipper's Battle with Breast Cancer

At age 32 and tired of her banking job, adventurous Emma Pontin completed her first ocean crossing. She then joined Sir Chay Blyth's Challenge Business as a professional sailor, racing and touring Europe and the Caribbean. It was all smooth sailing.

Four years later, while heading to the start of another transatlantic yacht race, Emma received a phone call that stopped her in her tracks; she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She returned home for a life-saving mastectomy but continued...