Jeanne Goussev was feeling frustrated with the masculinity in sailing when she was asked if she'd compete in a 750-mile race with an all-women crew. 'I immediately said, 'Yes.' ' With a time of 6 days 13 hours and 17 minutes, Team Sail Like a Girl won.
"Two o'clock in the morning on the way north to Alaska is incredibly dark," Captain Jeanne Goussev says."It's black ink sky. You cannot even see the bow of the boat."
The bikes are for when there is no wind. Remember: the race is 750 miles, wind and human power alone. But the start was quiet. The women were on course and biking their way to Ketchikan. Cell service was spotty. They were surrounded by the beauty of the coast and unconcerned with the outside world. All that mattered was the boat, the ocean, their teammates and the race.
"We had Kelly on board," Jeanne says."Kelly's a yoga instructor. And she said, 'OK, everybody close your eyes, except for Haley, who's driving.' And she led us through breathing exercises. And so the entire dynamic of the boat is now back to this positive, happy place.""So, I go down below, and I get into my sleeping bag. And my head hits the pillow, and I heard the best word that possibly could have happened in that moment.
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