Maiden Now in Theatres

Maiden Movie Night

July 25, 2019

Left to right: Tracy Edwards, Dawn Riley, Sally Hunter, Angela Heath, Mikaela Von Koskull, Amanda Swan Neal, Tanja Visser, Jo Gooding Courtesy of Tracy Edwards and Sony Pictures Classics

Review by Paul Henderson

To All Competitive Sailors:

Mary and I went today to the movie “Maiden”. It is outstanding!!

It is about the women deciding to compete as an all women’s crew in the

Whitbread-Around-the-World Race in 1990. It is a spectacular movie and all sailors should see it.

The crew is all women led by Tracy Edwards, Dawn Riley and their wonderful crew. In a refurbished boat they won two of the toughest legs sponsored by King Hussein of Jordan. They sailed into Fort Lauderdale dressed in their swimsuits proud to be women. The crowd was overwhelming.

As they sailed down the Solent on their return the sailing flotilla was incredible docking in Southampton, one of the premier Sailing regions in the World (not London.)

Tracy and MikaelaLeft to right: Tracy Edwards, Mikaela Von Koskull Courtesy of Tracy Edwards and Sony Pictures Classics

They did not have to have some contrived “Mixed” event.

Reflectively for me was to see pictures of Sir Peter Blake.

Truthful observations by Bob Fisher and Bary Picthall with a few lines by Jobson were great.

All sailors should go and see what these competitive women did in the movie, Maiden. I will wear my Whitbread-Around-the-World tie very proudly.

Regards, Paul Henderson OLY

Maiden is currently showing across Canada

http://www.mongrelmedia.com/index.php/filmlink?id=fca2da68-49dd-e811-944c-0ad9f5e1f797

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