Thursday, August 1, 2019

Maiden!

"Maiden" is the adventure documentary of the 1989 Whitbread Race around the world whose entries included an all-women crew skippered by Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old brit who was a cook on charter sailboats - and had a dream.

Tracy's inspirational dream was opposed on all sides: her male competitors thought an all-women crew would not complete even the first leg, the chauvinistic yachting press took bets on their failure, and potential sponsors rejected her, fearing the crew would die at sea and generate bad publicity.     

The crew of Maiden shocked the world with their performance in the 33,000 mile Whitbread and humbled those doubting that women sailors are the equal of men!

The film is opening in limited release and will be coming to the Vickers Theatre in Three Oaks starting on August 16.  The typical film runs at this cool, independent theater usually last for less than a week.  

Who wants to attend a showing?  What days would work?  Post a comment below or contact Chris.

4 comments:

  1. I would love to go and pretty much any day works for me..

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  2. I think we need a crew party at Celebration Cinema!

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  3. There are 6 showings of "Maiden" scheduled at Vickers Theatre: August 16 at 6pm, August 18 at 6pm, August 20 at 7pm, August 22 at 7pm, August 24 at 9pm, and August 25 at 3pm. Do any of these work for you Mercedes crewmates? --Chris

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  4. They all work for me but my first choice would be Sunday August 16th at 6PM.

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