“90% Leadership. 10% Sail Racing.”

That is the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in four words.

What happens when you put 18 everyday people on a 70-foot racing yacht, throw them into the world’s fiercest oceans for 11 months, and rotate half the team every four weeks? You get the ultimate laboratory for leadership, resilience, and teamwork.
As one of the few female skippers in the race, I commanded Team Power of Seattle Sports—guiding 53 amateur sailors across 40,000 nautical miles. With a core crew of 8 and up to 12 people changing every leg, my boat was a high-stakes, floating company where there was nowhere to hide.

Real Leadership Isn’t Found in a Textbook

It is forged at 3:00 AM in freezing temperatures when plans collapse and fatigue sets in.
Combining my corporate background in international business with raw, unfiltered stories and footage from the Southern Ocean, I take your audience right into the heart of the storm. No sugar-coated success stories—just honest lessons about what happens when Dutch directness collides with cultural differences, when self-doubt creeps in, and when everything you worked for is on the line in the final miles.

What Your Audience Will Take Away

Every keynote is tailored to your event and challenges, focusing on four core pillars:

• Leading Through Uncertainty: Making decisive calls with incomplete information when a “storm” tears up your annual plan
• Building High-Performing Teams Fast: Turning a rotating, diverse group of individuals into a cohesive, resilient unit
• Communication Under Stress: Navigating directness, ego, and cultural friction when the stakes are high
• Resilience & Mindset: Keeping morale and focus alive when conditions turn against you

Book Angelasails.com for Your Next Event

Let’s connect to discuss how we can bring the ocean into your room.

Email: angela@angelasails.com

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