Bwahaha. “Hey guys? Team SCA seems to be doing well over by the…
Bwahaha.
“Hey guys? Team SCA seems to be doing well over by the Spanish coast. Should we cover?”
“Nah. They’re just girls. They don’t know what they’re doing. Wind’s gonna fill in from the Africa side.”
Note that I have no idea what the actual conversations were on the various boats that led to SCA going right and everyone else going left. They probably just got a lucky break. They could also be about to sail into a hole and have everyone else sail by them.
But just looking at the track, SCA appears to be in a strong position as of 00:55 UTC, with a chance to get through Gibraltar and into the stronger winds of the Atlantic well ahead of the others. And it’s totally irresponsible of me, but I can’t help wondering whether low-grade sexism was a factor. Like, maybe a competitor making a risky move that appeared to be paying off was initially ignored rather than covered because covering would be to admit that they, the women, were right, while the big strong he-men were wrong.
It probably wasn’t anything like that. These people are all professionals. But if it was like that, I bet the boys won’t be so quick to dismiss the girls next time. :-)
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