Tracy Edwards: 'Maiden was either met with antipathy or aggression'

    By Bianca Britton, CNN

    Updated 1215 GMT (2015 HKT) March 15, 2019

    Tracy Edwards, pictured right, skippered the first all-female crew to sail the Whitbread Round the World Race.
    Photos: Tracy Edwards makes sailing history with Maiden
    Tracy Edwards, pictured right, skippered the first all-female crew to sail the Whitbread Round the World Race.
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    "Maiden was either met with antipathy or aggression -- not really much in between," Edwards tells CNN of the boat her and her crew sailed. "As we got more successful it got worse -- they did not like that at all."
    Photos: Tracy Edwards makes sailing history with Maiden
    "Maiden was either met with antipathy or aggression -- not really much in between," Edwards tells CNN of the boat her and her crew sailed. "As we got more successful it got worse -- they did not like that at all."
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    Maiden finished second in its class during the 1989-90 Whitbread -- winning two of the legs. It was the best result for a British boat in 17 years -- and still remains the best result for an all-female crew.
    Photos: Tracy Edwards makes sailing history with Maiden
    Maiden finished second in its class during the 1989-90 Whitbread -- winning two of the legs. It was the best result for a British boat in 17 years -- and still remains the best result for an all-female crew.
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    In 1987, Edwards remortgaged her house and bought Maiden. Over six months, she and her crew pulled the yacht apart, redesigned it and rebuilt it from scratch.
    Photos: Tracy Edwards makes sailing history with Maiden
    In 1987, Edwards remortgaged her house and bought Maiden. Over six months, she and her crew pulled the yacht apart, redesigned it and rebuilt it from scratch.
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    When Edwards decided to create an all-female crew, she says it was the first time she had experienced sexism and misogyny. "I had never been told before that I couldn't do something -- mostly because I was where I should be -- in the galley," Edwards says as she rolls her eyes.
    Photos: Tracy Edwards makes sailing history with Maiden
    When Edwards decided to create an all-female crew, she says it was the first time she had experienced sexism and misogyny. "I had never been told before that I couldn't do something -- mostly because I was where I should be -- in the galley," Edwards says as she rolls her eyes.
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    The Whitbread Round the World Race, now known as the Volvo Ocean Race, began in 1973 and takes place every three years.
    Photos: Tracy Edwards makes sailing history with Maiden
    The Whitbread Round the World Race, now known as the Volvo Ocean Race, began in 1973 and takes place every three years.
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