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Until last month, Victoria Sanders-Perrin, 33, was in charge of a £500million turnover as a manager with Xerox in Moorgate. Three years ago, she had never been on a boat.

Now she is in full-time training for the Portimao Global Ocean Race, which will see her and co-skipper Jeremy Salvesen, 45, sail their tiger-striped boat Mowgli around the world.

Ms Sanders-Perrin, from Ruislip, said: "I was very much the career girl. I got engaged, bought a house and was set for a normal life. But then my mother got breast cancer and it made me question my life and my goals."

She and her fiancé split up and she moved back in with her mother, who is in recovery. She was inspired to try sailing by a colleague who nearly died at sea but said he would carry on.

Ms Sanders-Perrin and Mr Salvesen met while training to be crew in a race that was cancelled. They were so disappointed they signed up for the Portimao race, which starts in September.