When Tracy Edwards was expelled from school, she wound up working on boats. That led her to form a record-breaking all-female sailing crew, which circumnavigated the world in 1989.

Thirty years later, I understand how we did change things. At the time, I didn't realize quite the impact that we had. But we knew that we'd achieved something which we could be proud of and which we hoped the next all-female crew could build on...

When Tracy Edwards was expelled from school, she wound up working on boats. That led her to form a record-breaking all-female sailing crew, which circumnavigated the world in 1989.

Thirty years later, I understand how we did change things. At the time, I didn't realize quite the impact that we had. But we knew that we'd achieved something which we could be proud of and which we hoped the next all-female crew could build on...