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The Real Real Me: TRACY Edwards, MBE - I went crazy, stole a car.. without sailing I'd be in jail now; TRACY EDWARDS reveals all to NINA MYSKOW.(Features)

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From: The Mirror (London, England)
Date: 20011019
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Byline: NINA MYSKOW

TRACY Edwards, MBE, sailed into the record books when she captained the first all-women crew in the Whitbread Round-The-World Yacht Race in Maiden in 1989. A decade later, trying to win the Jules Verne trophy, she had broken five world records when her mast snapped. The crew survived, but their attempt failed.

Tracy runs a motivational company, TEAM, and presents Science Of Sailing on the National Geographic Channel. Her autobiography, Living Every Second, has just been published in paperback by Coronet, price pounds 6.99. Tracy lives with her daughter ...

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