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Tracy Edwards, MBE (born 5 September 1962) is a British sailor. In 1989 she skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, becoming the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy and was appointed MBE.
Chris Jackson/Getty Images Queen Camilla honored the Maiden yachting crew while hosting them at the Clarence House. “I think you are doing a brilliant job,” Camilla, 76, said on Monday, April ...
Maiden is a 58 foot (18 m) aluminium ocean racing yacht built in 1979, designed by Bruce Farr and raced by Pierre Fehlmann, Bertie Reed, Tracy Edwards and John Bankart. . Edwards bought the yacht in 1987 to compete in the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race with an all-femal
Johann Peter Rupert (born 1 June 1950) is a South African billionaire businessman, who is the eldest son of business tycoon Anton Rupert and his wife Huberte. He is the chairman of the Swiss-based luxury-goods company Richemont and the South Africa-based company Remgro .
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The crew successfully evacuated the yacht and were aided by competitors Team California and Team Finland. Cork Clipper was abandoned a few days later after the decision was made that any attempt to salvage her would be uneconomical. [11] [12] A Challenge 67' yacht Aurora of London was chartered and prepared and re-branded as Cork in Antigua. [13]
In 1995, Bill Koch revamped the program to begin the first nearly all-female, America's Cup boat. America 3 's successor, Mighty Mary , was on her way to a race-off with Young America , the boat of the third syndicate that year, to determine who went through to the 1995 America's Cup, in the lead of what ended up being the last race of the ...
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