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.