Wendy Tuck

Wendy Tuck (born c. 1965) is a yachtswoman and previous chief instructor and principal at the Clipper Race training base in Sydney, Australia.

[3] Having begun sailing at the age of 24,[4] she has competed in 13 Sydney Hobart Yacht races[5] and was the first woman skipper to finish in 2017, earning the Jane Tate Memorial Trophy.

Tuck first took part as a Skipper in the Clipper Round the World race in 2015–16, becoming the first Australian woman to do so.

[7][8] In 2017-2018 she became the only Australian to repeat the challenge skippering the 70-foot yacht, Sanya Serenity Coast, over 40,000 nautical miles and six oceans.

[9] The yachts are named after the tall ship clippers that raced tea to England.

Clipper 70s setting out on the race on Lough Foyle .