racy Edwards, who hails from Pangbourne, England, has always been an adventurous spirit. After being expelled from school at the age of 15, she left home to backpack across Europe before landing a job as a stewardess on the Greek at age 17. That’s when she learned to sail. She would go on to compete in her first Whit-bread Round the World Race, now called The Ocean Race, in 1985/86 at age 23, serving as the cook aboard , thus becoming the first woman to race around the world in a maxi.
