Lecture: Maiden Full Circle

"Maiden Full Circle"

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 | 6:00 PM * note time change*

Virtual Via Zoom

$7/person | HRMM Members FREE

Tracy Edwards MBE inspired a generation of women as the skipper of Maiden. She led the first all-female crew to compete in the notoriously difficult Whitbread Round the World Race in 1988/89.

Fast forward to 2014 when Tracy learned that Maiden had been abandoned and was rotting away in the Seychelles.  She knew that she had to save this unique piece of maritime history and set about raising funds to buy her and bring her back to the UK.  In April 2017 Maiden was shipped to Southampton and began an extensive restoration and refit and "The Maiden Factor" project was born.

Speaker Bio: Tracy Edwards MBE rose to prominence when she Skippered Maiden, the first all-female crew to sail around the world when Maiden raced in the 1989/90 WRTWR. Maiden came second overall and Tracy became the first woman in its history to be named Yachtsman of the Year. Tracy then created and skippered  the first all-female crew to attempt the Jules Verne, Non-Stop Round the World Record.  In 2000 she created and managed the world’s first mixed gender racing team and in 2005 the first round the world race to start and finish in the Middle East. Now runs The Maiden Factor.

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