6:30 – 8pm
Location: The Jeremy Golf and Country Club, 8770Jeremy Road, Park City
Park City Sailing is excited to announce the second speaker of our 2017 Lecture Series. Sally Barkow is a globally renowned sailor. Her accomplishments include winning the prestigious Rolex Yachtswomen of the Year in 2015 and 2017, sailing in the grueling round-the-world Volvo Ocean race, competing in the Summer Olympics and becoming the Women’s World Match Racing Champion in 2004 and 2005.
The 2014/2015 Volvo Ocean race covered 38,739 miles of open ocean with half of the legs taking 20 days or more of non-stop racing. Sally was a member of Team SCA, making history as the first boat to compete as an all-woman team. This race is the Holy Grail of crewed racing and Sally and her team broke the “Glass Ceiling”.
Sally’s talk will have plenty of sailboat commentary but will be about much more than just the sport of sailing. This will also be a motivating talk about women breaking through the barrier of male-dominated racing.
Whether you are a passionate sailor wanting to hear tales of the…
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