Tracy Edwards

Tracy Edwards
Edwards in 2017
Born (1962-09-05) 5 September 1962 (age 62)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Roehampton
Children1

Tracy Edwards, MBE (born 5 September 1962) is a British sailor. In 1989 she skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, becoming the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy and was appointed MBE.[1][2] She has written two books about her experiences.

  1. ^ Price, Oliver (1 October 2006). "Triumph and despair: Tracy Edwards". Observer Sport Monthly.
  2. ^ Edwards, Tracy (4 October 2001). Living Every Second. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0340770436.