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Nikki, This 77-Year-Old Woman Who Has Lived Alone on a Sailboat for Forty Years: "I Am the Captain, the Mechanic, the Electrician; I Do Everything"

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On the wild coasts of Alaska, a 77-year-old woman has been living on a boat that almost never leaves the sea for more than four decades. Her name is Nikki and her "at home" is not a house, but a sailboat that she has lived alone for 44 years. In the early 1980s, she left her job and settled on board year-round in Valdez Harbour. In the summer, she sails in the isolated bays of Prince William Sound and can spend up to four weeks without crossing …
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On the wild coasts of Alaska, a 77-year-old woman has been living on a boat that almost never leaves the sea for more than four decades. Her name is Nikki and her "at home" is not a house, but a sailboat that she has lived alone for 44 years. In the early 1980s, she left her job and settled on board year-round in Valdez Harbour. In the summer, she sails in the isolated bays of Prince William Sound and can spend up to four weeks without crossing …

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mariefrance.fr broke the news on Saturday, August 15, 2026.
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