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Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. In 1989 Tracy Edwards leads the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race, a grueling yachting ...
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In 1989, the Whitbread Around the World Race was considered to be the most dangerous sailing competition on earth. When 26-year-old Tracy Edwards wanted to participate, she was met with resistance...
Jan 24, 2019 · Maiden is the story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook in charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Ro...
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Maiden is a 2018 British documentary written and directed by Alex Holmes about Tracy Edwards and the crew of the Maiden as they compete as the first all-woman crew in the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race. The film was produced by Victoria Gregory's New Black Films.
In this incredible true story, watch Edwards and her crew attempt to turn the impossible into reality as they take on fifty-foot waves, icebergs and all of the dangers of the great and powerful sea. MAIDEN is a stunning, emotional film that is “a cause for celebration”! (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone)
The story of Maiden ’s upstart, defiant run at the Whitbread Round the World Race has all the elements of an epic adventure tale—50-foot waves, life and death drama, near-mutiny, thrilling victory—grounded in a perceptive group portrait of a team of courageous young women led by the remarkable, complicated Tracy Edwards.
Jun 28, 2019 · Maiden is a 2019 film that follows the journey of Tracy Edwards and her crew, who became the first women to sail around the world in the Whitbread Round the World Race. The film combines archival footage, interviews and narration to show the challenges, triumphs and legacy of this historic feat.
