Storyville: Maiden: War on the Waves - Storyville

Documentary telling the story of how 24-year-old Tracy Edwards became the skipper of the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. The film reveals how her male competitors thought an all-women crew would never make it, while the chauvinistic yachting press took bets on her failing, and potential sponsors rejected her, fearing the crew would die at sea and generate bad publicity