JOINT YACHTSMAN OF THE YEAR WINNERS
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07 Mar 2019
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YJA award winners Tracy Edwards and Nikki Henderson with Emily Mueller
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YACHTING JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
Tracy Edwards and Nikki Henderson have been awarded joint winners of the 2018 Yachting Journalists’ Association Yachtsman of the Year.
Tracy, who inspired a generation of women as the skipper of the first all-female crew to compete in the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1988/89, has now extensively restored the yacht Maiden to play the central role in the Maiden Factor campaign to raise awareness of the education of girls worldwide.
Nikki made history when at 24 she was the youngest ever skipper to compete in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, finishing in second place.
Sponsorship
The awards were presented by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston at a breakfast reception hosted by MS Amlin Yacht.
In addition, the YJA Young Sailor of the Year was awarded to 15-year-old Emily Mueller for winning the Volvo Gill Optimist British National Championship – only the third girl to win the national title.
MS Amlin also announced its sponsorship of the 2019 YJA Yachtsman of the Year, Young Sailor of the Year and Young Blogger of the Year Awards, which will be presented at a gala dinner at this year’s Southampton Boat Show.
The winners are voted for by yachting journalists.