The Clipper Round the World Race announced today that Skipper, Wendy Tuck will take over as interim Clipper Race Skipper of Zhuhai, to lead the team from the Whitsundays to Sanya. Wendy Tuck, from Sydney, Australia, has over 170,000 nautical miles in her log book, and became the first woman to win a round the world yacht race when she lifted the Clipper Race trophy in August 2018. Wendy Tuck signed the Sports Celebrity Walls here in the Sports Byline Broadcast studios in San Francisco. Here is an excerpt from her interview on Sail Sport Talk Aug 20, 2019.
Wendy Tuck (born c.1965) is a yachtswoman and previous chief instructor and principal at the Clipper Race training base in Sydney, Australia. She was the first female skipper to win a round-the-world yacht race.
Tuck was born in Australia in about 1965. Having begun sailing at the age of 24, she has competed in 11 Sydney Hobart races and was the first woman skipper to finish in 2017, earning the Jane Tate Memorial Trophy.
Tuck first took part in the Clipper Round the World race in 2015-16, becoming the first Australian woman to do so. In 2017-2018 she became the only Australian to repeat the challenge skippering the 70-foot yacht, Sanya Serenity Coast, over 40,000 nautical miles and six oceans. The yachts are named after the tall ship clippers that raced tea to England. Tuck’s crew was not constant and changed regularly throughout the race. On 27 July 2018 12.36 (UTC) she crossed the finish line becoming the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World race (or any Round the World yacht race). The second-placed yacht was also skippered by a woman, Nikki Henderson.
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