HEATHER THOMAS (GBR)|
| | Nomination |
No sooner had last month’s winner glided gently into Cowes to take line honours in the Ocean Globe Race, than all eyes went to the tracker to
monitor Heather Thomas’s crew on Tracy Edwards’ original 1989 Whitbread racer Maiden – who could still snatch the overall handicap prize under IRC. Well, they could and they did after keeping their foot in the whole way round the world while bringing on yet another great new group of now highly experienced women ocean racers
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| Why they won |
| ‘At a time when we need more
role models for up-and-coming
girl sailors they don’t come any
better than this’ – Steve
Heppell; ‘Not only winning but
doing it all by sextant!’ – Deb
Carter; ‘Heather 1st, Tabarly
2nd… that says it all. Classy
pair’ – Amy Bridge; ‘Surprised,
nope, Heather has always been
special’ – Ashia Mahmood;
‘You can’t imagine just how
many women Heather has now
inspired’ – Lara Embry. ‘And she
won with all the other chicks…
brilliant!’ – Tracy Pattison!! |
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