It is still something special when women-only teams compete in regattas. So special that in the press department of the RORC, which organizes the Fastnet Race every year, no one can remember exactly in which year a women’s crew competed for the last time for the offshore race around the rock.
When looking through the last years’ participants lists there was none after the early nineties. Also this year it was hardly noticed internationally that a women’s team sailed the race. After all, Tutima appears in the video of the Fastnet Race 2019.
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Being part of the legend
There were some mixed teams at this year’s race around the rock, partly with female skippers at the helm. As there were also women preparing for the Vendee Globe with the Fastnet Race 2019 – like Pip Hare, Sam Davies and Hannah Stodel, who even sails with a handicap.
The Tutima crew has fulfilled a dream. The 13 female sailors have sailed the wildest, most exciting and wettest regatta in their ten-year crew history. They are very proud to have come through so well. The Fastnet Race is a legend, and those who took part have ventured out into the wild Irish Sea. This is particularly present in the 40th year after the tragic accident when 15 sailors lost their lives in a storm.
The Tutima crew did not exaggerate. Kirsten, the skipper, says that she has put her focus on safety. They could have been faster, but the challenge was big enough – and they didn’t want to take any risks. Next week the team continues right away. They are sailing the Cowes Week, and need some power to do so.
What does the Fastnet Race mean for the sailors? “Once in a lifetime” a voice shouts from behind, from where the crew listens to the telephone call with the float editorial office. Congratulations, girls! The Tutima Sailing Crew goes down in the history of the Fastnet Race as the first German women’s crew ever.
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