How sailing helped this business leader navigate the boardroom

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Nicola Wakefield Evans forged a successful career in a traditionally male domain. And she puts much of it down to having learnt yachting as a girl.

When and where did the sailing bug bite?

Yes, he saw that it was one of very few sports where girls can compete equally with boys as pre-teens and teenagers. He thought it would teach us about risk and risk-taking. Dad used to say that having three kids sailing was like tearing up $20 notes in the shower. It’s no different when you’ve got a yacht.I won the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron yachtswoman of the year award for the 2020-21 sailing season. This was because I won Division One of the inaugural Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series and won the RSYS Sunday Twilight series for 2020-21.Six to eight people, more if it is a spinnaker race. We have approximately 30 sailors on our crew list.

 

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