{"id":4150,"date":"2023-10-24T16:07:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2023-10-29T21:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T21:58:56","slug":"maiden-skipper-heather-thomas-racing-and-placing-in-the-ogr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/maiden-skipper-heather-thomas-racing-and-placing-in-the-ogr\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest: MAIDEN Skipper Heather Thomas racing and placing in the OGR"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today we are live with Skipper Heather Thomas in Capetown, South Africa. The all female crew has finished the first leg of this retro style round the world race \u2013 inspired by the first Whitbread race in 1968. Why retro? All the competitors are racing in boats built before 1988 and there is zero tech on board. We are talking sextants \u2013 in 2023! See <a href=\"https:\/\/oceangloberace.com\/\">Ocean Globe Race website<\/a> to keep track of the entire race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sports Byline USA- broadcast worldwide. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbyline.com\/\">Hit the LIVESTREAM PLAYER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OGR fleet is divided into the <strong>Adventure Class<\/strong> (47ft-56ft), <strong>Sayula Class<\/strong> (56.1ft- 66ft) and <strong>Flyer Class<\/strong>, which is for yachts previously entered in the 1973, 1977, or 1981 Whitbread Round the World Race, or of \u2018relevant\u2019 historic significance and \u2018approved\u2019 production-built, ocean-certified, sail-training yachts generally 55ft to 68ft LOA. <strong>MAIDEN <\/strong>is in the Flyer Class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Audio 238) Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile, Rick Tittle and Patti Mangan: Alex Holmes; Captain Heather Thomas\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/877758101?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OGR-map-web-05042023.png?resize=900%2C541&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4157\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OGR-map-web-05042023.png?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OGR-map-web-05042023.png?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OGR-map-web-05042023.png?resize=768%2C462&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OGR-map-web-05042023.png?resize=240%2C145&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heather (26) joined Maiden when the World Tour resumed after the pandemic and quickly<br>became an integral part of the crew. Her work ethic is legendary, and her enthusiasm<br>undimmed in the most challenging conditions. Her journey up through the ranks to Skipper<br>has been through sheer hard work, commitment and dedication to Maiden and our mission.<br>Sailing is in Heathers\u2019 blood, coming from a long line of mariners. Growing up in Otley, West<br>Yorkshire, the sea was not close by, so Heather began her journey, dinghy sailing at the local<br>lake, Otley Sailing Club, encouraged by her father.<br>The Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation gave Heather her first taste of ocean sailing, with a<br>bursary to compete in the Pacific Leg of the 15\/16 Clipper Round the World Race. She has<br>since worked in a variety of roles and vessels in the marine industry- from flotilla skipper to<br>teaching young people in the Caribbean, delivering a yacht from the Galapagos to New<br>Zealand, running flotilla holidays in the Ionian Islands and as Watch Leader for the Ocean<br>Youth Trust North.<br>Maiden has been a big inspiration to Heather throughout her sailing career, so to sail on her<br>is a dream come true. Whilst on the Maiden programme she gained her RYA Yachtmaster<br>Offshore (commercially endorsed) and loves inspiring young girls to dream big, a value that<br>was instilled in her by her parents, who continue to be her biggest supporters.<br>What drives Heather?<br>\u201cThe knowledge that someone out there is watching our journey and it is inspiring them. I<br>love the job and when you love what you do it doesn\u2019t seem like work. I know that the<br>moments of freedom far outweigh the stressful ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are live with Skipper Heather Thomas in Capetown, South Africa. The all female crew has finished the first leg of this retro style round the world race \u2013 inspired by the first Whitbread race in 1968. Why retro? All the competitors are racing in boats built before 1988 and there is zero tech on board. We are talking sextants \u2013 in 2023! See Ocean Globe Race website to keep track of the entire race. On Sports Byline USA- broadcast worldwide. 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