All-female crew complete Whitbread Round the World Race
- Title
- All-female crew complete Whitbread Round the World Race
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
- TX Date
- 28 May 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:02:04
- Description
- The all-female crew of the yacht Maiden are back on dry land after becoming the first team to complete the gruelling 33,000 miles Whitbread Round the World Race. Tracy Edwards and her crew sailed home to a rapturous welcome at Southampton this morning. Steve Ancsell was among the flotilla in Southampton Water as the boat crossed the line. Minister of Sport, Colin Moynihan says, Simply the Best.
- Contributors
- Steve Ancsell; Colin Moynihan; Tracy Edwards
- Keywords
- Sport; Sports competitions; UK; Women; Record attempts; Southampton; Hampshire; England; Sailing; Whitbread Round the World Race; Tracy Edwards; Maiden (yacht)
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