One of the most captivating and inspiring stories is the story of Team SCA. It’s a story of an all-female team that defies all odds and stereotypes by partaking in a sport that once was deemed the preserve of only men: offshore sailing races. These women have spent 9 arduous months competing and proving themselves that they can be on equal standing with men.
It was in 2012 that SCA that announced that they’d be committed in bringing back to offshore sailing in the world’s most competitive ocean race, the Volvo Ocean Race. It had been 12 years since women had competed in this race. Team SCA’s squad consists of 15 carefully selected women out of over 250 applicants from all over the globe, ranging from Olympians to record breakers and solo round-the-world sailors. Their mission is to cajole female sailors back into racing the seas. It was a historic moment on June 11th, 2015 for Team SCA, as they they crossed the finish line in Lorient, France to take their first leg win of the Volvo Ocean Race. It was also a historic moment for women’s offshore sailing in general since this will be the first time in 25 years that an all-female team has taken line honors in this.
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Meet the Members of Team SCA
With the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race now concluded, their next challenge is competing in the Rolex Fastnet Race on August 15th, 2015.
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Team SCA is built of these kind of stories and it´s my job to tell them. – Anna-Lena Elled
I wondered why women stopped competing in sail boat racing – it takes more skill then absolute strength. I’m glad to hear that they are back in the race and winning!!
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What a great woman’s team! I wish them the best of luck! They are truly an inspiration to all!
I wish them much success. It’s a brave thing these women are doing I am sending good luck vibes their way.
Good luck vibes and lots and lots of wishes for them to win in every leg of the race!!!
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I don’t know much about this sport but I love to see that women are breaking the stereotypes. I’m looking forward to hearing great things about them.
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Two thumbs up for Team SCA! I am glad to see women who do well in an otherwise “male only” sport. Wishing them more success in their coming endeavors. Hooray for women!
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Thumbs up for these beautiful, strong, and courageous ladies for going out there and take the challenge! Cheering for Team SCA! God bless ladies on your next endeavor.
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I am so impressed by this team of women! They have so much tenacity and dedication! I wish them all luck!
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Nice to ‘meet’ them. I think it’s amazing what they do.
They are an inspiration. It’s amazing that they can well in this sport. I wish them luck in their next competition.
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Oh wow! What an awesome sport. I bet it would be really hard to televise this, but I’d love to follow along and watch the race. It sounds amazing and especially with an all woman team.
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It’s really nice seeing them form a team like this. I hope this inspires a lot of people to get out there and do some racing.
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What an amazing looking team. Looks like such an exciting sport.
Congratulations to these inspiring and strong women! I didn’t realize that competitive ocean racing was a sport! Thrilled to hear that this group of women are defeating the stereotypes in offshore sailing.
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That looks like a really great team! Learning to sail is still on our bucket list. We’ll have to keep an eye on the races in hopes to inspire us.
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Best of luck to the ladies! It looks like a challenge that they are definitely up to taking on and completing.
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Wow, so impressive all that they have accomplished. Seeing women exceed their dreams is beyond inspiring.
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Woohoo! I love when women do awesome things! So long to the 50’s stereotypes!
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Best to luck to all the ladies. What a proud moment for all of them.
Good for them! I always love seeing women beat stereotypes and competing in sports, athletics, and things like that.
Omg way to go!!!! So happy for them. That definitely takes a lot of hard work and dedication:)
I love stories like these!! I hadn’t heard of them so thank you for bringing it to my attention! I’m all about inspirational women doing big things!!
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What a great post. I wish these women lots and lots of success. They are really an inspiration for women and girls everywhere.
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I’m so impressed with the Team Women. It’s a brave thing these women are doing. I wish them the best luck. you’re such an inspiring brave and strong women 🙂
Wow, what a great team! Good luck to all the ladies! That is amazing!
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I love following along on this race. Not only are these women inspiring but they sail into some of the most amazing places.
TEAM SCA absolutely rocks! Good luck to all of your race 🙂
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What wonderful inspiration. Go Team SCA. What a cool sport.
This is quite amazing! Such an inspiration to women everywhere! I am going to have to start following this story!
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wow, pretty impressive girls! What an inspiration and way to go!
I wish I was that inspirational! What a cool team to support!
Good Luck Team SCA! You are an inspirational to us all.