Elizabeth Tucker leads a six-strong all-women crew in the Sydney Hobart, but her plans go beyond the current race.

More than three decades since its pioneering, round-the-world voyage, the Maiden racing yacht is again sailing the high seas -- and changing the lives of young women in the process. Skippered by ...

Stevenson (far right) and the First Light Crew at the Sydney Race Village Women in Sailing event - CYCA/Ashley Dart pic. Last ...

She’s part of a new wave of women joining the Sydney to Hobart fleet for its 80th anniversary but Elizabeth Tucker has her eyes on a much bigger - and significantly longer - challenge in sailing than ...

Kathy Veel and Bridget Canham, competing in the two-handed division, will also be on the race’s second-smallest boat. By John Clarke Kathy Veel has come a long way since 1989, when she first sailed in ...