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JUNELLA KING & MAIDEN JOIN OCEAN GLOBE
Tuesday 19th September 2023

Junella King joins the all-female youth Maiden crew on its first Ocean Globe Race and becomes the youngest black female to sail around the world. The Globe starts in September 2023. The eight-month adventure will split into four legs, sailing around the three great Capes, Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, Australia’s Cape Leeuwin, and South America’s notorious Cape Horn, which has attracted an eclectic mix of dedicated sailors, befitting such an adventure.

Maiden UK (03) crew member Junella King (22) who was selected to sail onboard from the ranks of Antigua's National Sailing Academy was truly excited at the chance of being offered to compete in the Ocean Globe Race and further The Maiden Factor’s mission. This includes raising awareness of the 130 million girls worldwide who are currently unable to access education and fundraising for and supporting community programmes which enable girls into education. 

Our main goal, as well as preparing for the race, is still empowering little girls and raising funds for female education. And now entering the OGR is exciting and challenging and allows me to experience some amazing ocean racing.

MAIDEN UK (03) CREW MEMBER JUNELLA KING (22)

 

Meet Maiden's Ocean Globe Race Crew:



Heather Thomas, UK, 26, Skipper Rachel Burgess, UK, 36, First Mate Willow Bland, UK, 25, Crew Lana Coomes, Puerto Rico/USA, 18, Crew Payal Gupta, India, 33, Crew Ami Hopkins, UK, 30, Engineer Vuyisile Jaca, South Africa, 25, Crew Junella King, Antigua, 22, Crew Molly Lambert Lapointe, Italy/USA, 28, Rigger Kate Ledgard, UK, 26, Crew Najiba Noori, Afghanistan, 28, Onboard Media Flavia Onore, Italy, 22, Crew Dhanya Pilo, India, 42, Crew

Watch an interview with Junella King here.

The teams set off on September 10th, Maiden is currently in third place, but there's a long way to go! Download the Yellow Tracker and follow the race here

 


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