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In celebration of International Women’s Day today we want to pay tribute to the All-Female Sailing Crew of Team SCA! Team SCA is participating in a sailing race around the world. For nine months these women are sailing in hopes of winning the Volvo Ocean race. This is the first time in TWELVE years that women have participated in this race. The SCA team is comprised of women in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, sailing together for 38,739-nautical miles, around the world, and away from their families. I can’t imagine how difficult this task must be for them all.
Skippered by renowned British single-handed sailor Sam Davies, Team SCA is about to start Leg Five of the Volvo Ocean Race -from Auckland to Itajai, Brazil – which promises to be the most brutal yet. The crew will face fiercely strong winds, deep waves, freezing temperatures and hazardous icebergs. The Volvo Ocean Race started in Alicante, Spain in October 2014 and will finish at the end of June 2015 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
These amazing women deserve our support and praise! At the start of the Volvo Ocean race Team SCA launched Amazing Women Everywhere, a global storytelling initiative to celebrate women around the world who have a positive impact on others, their communities and their surroundings. The cornerstone of the campaign is a digital photo mosaic that enables anyone to share the story of the women who inspire them. By the time the SCA team arrives back home, the mosaic will be a visual reminder that they have inspired millions around the world!
Who will you add to the mosaic?
For me, it is a hard choice. I hope they let me add more than one because I have so many women in my life that inspire me. My first thought of who I should place on the mosaic was Mandie from Taking Time for Mommy. She is always a great inspiration for me. Ten minutes (okay… forty-five minutes) of chatting with her can redirect me and provide me with months-worth of determination. It doesn’t matter if I’m ready to quit working, having trouble with homeschooling, or feeling like I need a little parenting advice – she gives me inspiration without even trying!
Why add to the mosaic?
The campaign is connected to a donation to the World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, an organization that shares SCA’s commitment to creating value for people and nature. Their (WWF) mission is to stop the degradation of our planet’s natural environment, and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.
For each story uploaded to the mosaic, SCA will make a donation to WWF in the amount of 1 Euro.
How do you participate?
Take a photo of the woman who inspires you and upload her story and photo at www.teamsca.com/awemosaic
While you are at the website uploading your photo, take a few moments to look around and learn more about #TeamSCA! You can learn about each team member, browse through their gallery, watch video clips, take an onboard virtual tour, and learn all about what life on the yacht is like. Want to meet them? They will be in Newport Rhode Island in May of this year!