It was a surprise, and it was something I was expecting.

I didn't I think, that there would be any recognition for what he had done.

And I didn't think that the Arabs are why he would give me a Catholic May have kept me an award that they have kept me also saw a nation that has bean myself surprised.

And how did it feel to be the winner of the first ever are Waisale Ability Personal Endeavour Award, which is inspired by you, our fuel tremendously wrote.

I think it's a recognition off.

What have a chief.

I think it's also good that it came from the wind, because what it means is that for many people, look at them the inspiration to the chief.

The of course invade the body.

Lt's which may be out of beating them from achieving their course.

So how were you first introduced to saving my first experience of ceiling wars When I was only two years old?

My father, he was a baby baby King sealed himself on.

He used to take me ceiling on the G P 14 which is a small thing.

After that, we moved up to a Q boat used up for many years.

I think probably open.

Total was the boot 10 years of each, and that was almost every week.

Whether it's through that went through the summer for the summer till my dying maintainable sand aboard published a ball a ball on it was that that really got my interest.

And so we used to spend a lot saying, But speculate over the sum of all of these used for sealing groaned Rob sing.

That's one of the smaller islands in the race course.

Scotland proved somewhat qualities.

We usedto food and ceiling almost every single day.

I spent my whole summers there, so it really can snowball from that.

What inspired you to take on the challenge of saving around the world?

Rhythm a ceiling with my father?

E think growing up, he joined up with NATO guilty.

I couldn't rate.

I couldn't understand breath in English.

My father was Obviously people can see in the bed with us because little things like the names of a street were things that will know accessible for me, so I followed the Sadie.

What we'll do is we'll move them to England to a school for the death, which was based in York.

It's called Boys in Spot on the very much I think it was for the production of teaching methods and that probably from that point, that's really was.

I didn't see my father as much because of this boarding school.

My father felt it was very important for me to have access to good education paints The reason why I invented Boston Spot because he wanted to develop my school can also in my American English money.

The anguish at that time, I felt, was off his baby.

Eloise.

Stop it be that silly.

There's been much wood and I very much my ceiling.

That was one of my biggest, biggest Missy's, and the teacher took me to the library almost every single day.

For these are the multitudes defensive those filthy manage each day to try and improve my access to run English.

And it was something I feel what you really, really difficult.

I mean, what exactly warm home.

But it was about Pete over 18 months later.

That's mean the pain it kind of brought in Tim's off me.

Accessing English is starting to pack it back up.

Mange was improving.

I think it was actually at that point.

They say Did Wendy, I'm going to see where in the world and how do you prepare for something like that?

It was a little organization both in such a voyage, and his team is coming course up for the sealing off, sealing off the make sure that all the electrics were Wal Ki.

Add all the provisions and once I feel is what was comfortable with what I had between eventually and how is it when he said goodbye to your family?

You know, that was very off.

I was very tough for Adam, Massive lump on my food.

Particularly ethical to these After they say Seal, I just Boston and deals broke down in tears.

I think that's really, really had me that that which me I am embarking on.

That's for each.

And it was a question mark over hanging over way that I would be successful because it's such a mass of mine, told me, and I had left my family and I knew that David be concealed about me.

But that second day in the ball was probably one of the without hearing.

How do you communicate with the outside world, for example, in a mayday situation?

Well, I don't think that would you saw used laptop?

Use a laptop on that?

As you look.

So feel free to use it for a school project.

Went This is really, really fantastic, Sofia.

So you start to help me protect develops.

That would get me.

Who?

These in advance Trace City.

We don't know the information.

And Kim's off the gala.

That may be approaching.

So it wasn't a big agency that has what's called a black box.

You piss the black box of what that does is that seems.

I mean, she just be open to my family back home, the Airman Amedi situation.

And then from there we had a plan of action in place.

Really, we contact the course, Come they also hard technology called E P R I B.

On some only.

Have you placed the button or not?

Then it sends a signal on a whale's other ports in the area.

Same thing for me was always a massive amounts of concealed.

I was one of my probably my most overrated conceal.

Ms received the old times, but I'm here on so everything's been smuggling.

So how much do you rely on your senses while you're saving?

Because of my deafness, I contact as always, open other life, don't attempt communication or just making sense of the world on also were very baby.

They're very sensitive to picking up vibrations.

So, for instance, if I'm on the boat on Dhe was looking away and then I would know that the ball was in Princeton sealing out well, you could just tell from the vibrations.

So you doing These are things that you used to help you navigate your returns.

Also, something else.

No light on.

When my hands were trying that with an indicator that the veil of is usually good with my hands were weights or dump, that would usually be indicated that the Israeli off feels real contractions on the way.

I think you know, I have no personal knowledge expedience, because I've been on the sea for many, many deals, even just by looking at the leaves.

You can read the leaves, you can see the difference and the ribs not may indicate way that you're going to be approaching some decent Raylan from good or some offense.

Really?

So you don't know why you're inexperienced religion, these things to help you.

They help you on these journeys.

Solo sailors can often feel very alone.

What did you turn to for comfort?

Yes, that creation has probably been asked more than your question before me at an experience any luminous for me, I was really, really happy.

And my element in the water I've been experienced that I know that it's very calming my father seals who see it.

But for me, I was so busy looking forward to the challenge.

I mean that the stains when I could be walking through a city centre, I feel lonely.

But when I might see, that's just something that I don't think the experience at all.

When it's come when the conditions are count need asked because it gives me more.

Take catchall sleep, often stitch.

The Carrie nations said it appeals to the board, so catching things something to the likes.

Also so state.

I know something that I would ever what was the biggest times on the solution.

There were particularly eerie moments.

So that was kind of some of the baggage thieves I haven't seen.

And you need to make sure that you're on top of your game because you have one or two occasions where the boat that capsized fine fully on each of those occasions, I managed to irritable greatly.

I'm no encountering any damage to the mast within the palace cake hole.

That was a particularly good thing.

It was nothing compared to think what other people have experienced in the past.

But when I always kneel the jewels that was a political hit him woman.

I approached the peed off high pressure on.

There were some serious schools which were particularly strong and apparently for me.

I quit.

Quit stubble.

So I think this the stuff in parts of the jail New, sharp, more lucky than of us.

Would you recommend sailing gets book for deaf people?

Oh, yes, yes, absolutely is I would like these evil people involved in this board, particularly young Dave Choe, Children from their camps during college, on the pomposity and this poor.

I think it's a fantastic opportunity for you kids.

I think that they could become Betty skillful sailors themselves because they're very sensitive to Afghanistan, Israel conditions and nothing racing is something you would like to see Young that's being involved in.

I used to do, raising myself.

Yeah, and there's the force for 70.

All the 4 20 can't recall which one it was.

It was quite a whale when I think I must have been known to be into the thing and I was involved in a ceiling greasing of that thing.

There was a heating coup, but communication as part like who was one of the challenges?

And I think that every managed to put together a crew then because everybody's conveyancing, a common language which would be a sale, I think that we could definitely compete repeating people no longer think that made a lot of things, please by dealers.

All people have the capability to compete, and I think because they rely on other senses because they don't have heating, then that they actually come from a slight advantage in terms of reading the waves and reading the ones.

So judging the speed of the board so they feel Is that something I would like this year's just trying to keep our encourage more people into sport, the always going to present the way, say that person DePetro free every year.

How does it feel to be inspiring other disabled people to achieve that dream?

Absolutely fantastic.

Give you street fusilli and I think it's about time that is being recognized.

Members of the gay community have struggled for many, many years, and I think we have been ignored, overlooked in many instances in comparison to people who are able body.

So I think that that's a Walt has been given.

I think it's noting for the community to move on, to be more right to be more involved in the world.

We don't need people to hold the house and get this tree leaves.

I think we need to be more proactive, and I think that's maybe just demonstrating to the reader community.

So I am absolutely not.