What Tracy Edwards has said about Women in sailing

2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 16, 2026

Tracy Edwards, British round-the-world sailor and social activist who skippered the all-female yacht Maiden, has been quoted on Women in sailing 2 times in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on October 16, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Edwards recounts realizing after the 1985–86 Whitbread that no male crew would let her be navigator, which led her to form her own team.

    “I realized that no male crew is ever going to allow you to be a navigator it's not going to happen”

    TED Radio Hour: Have we forgotten how to play? (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 36:42

  • Edwards says her later mixed-gender racing team showed that men and women work most effectively together.

    “It worked absolutely brilliantly. I mean, it was harmonious, it was competitive, and it really taught me that men and women can work together”

    TED Radio Hour: Have we forgotten how to play? (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 44:39

Episodes

  • Have we forgotten how to play?

    TED Radio Hour · Oct 16, 2026 · 50 min

    Manoush Zomorodi talks with Peter Gray about declining free play and youth mental health, sailor Tracy Edwards about her unconventional path, and features Stefen Chow's playground photography.

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