Interview with the only female crew member, Molly Baxter of Rima II
“There were 14 crew
and I was the tiniest, so I ended up in the coffin bunk. All sorts of
gear got thrown up there. You’d strip out of your gear and get in your
bunk. It was all wet and damp when you went back up on watch. The head
was disgusting. It probably would have happened with women on board
too, but some guys wouldn’t flush or they’d miss. There was a running
flow. The whole place was a mess. I didn’t go in without my boots on.”“[Sailing]
was beautiful. If someone tells you it’s boring, it’s because they are
not looking around. We saw turtles and dolphins. Incredible stars.
We had a full moon every night and the Gulf Stream with the low clouds
was just haunting.”
Molly is on the left in this photo
Girl power! Thanks for sharing this. I had noticed that there were no lady skippers in the race, but I wondered if there was at least a token chick crewing on one of the boats.