Schelleen Rathkopf

Schelleen Rathkopf is a native Seattleite who grew up cruising and racing in the Puget Sound waters. She is producer of Whidbey Island Race Week (now Point Roberts Race Week) and SHE, a new all women regatta in Seattle Girls belong on boats, and there’s no person in history that tells this story better than Tracy Edwards, the British sailor and skipper who assembled an all-women crew to race the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989 on Maiden. This very same 58’ ocean yacht graced our Puget Sound waters in August, having just completed Leg 6 of the Maiden Factor World Tour. The tour, which began in the UK in November 2018, includes 32 destinations in 17 countries and will conclude in the Mediterranean Sea in May 2021. The Maiden Factor World Tour is designed to raise awareness about girls and the importance of education. With the mantra, “Educate a Girl, Change the World,” Maiden has set sail around the world to bring a message of hope to young girls around the globe.