Maiden (2019)

This documentary is a nostalgic look back to 1985 when the first all-female competitors dared to enter a boat into the Whitbread Around the World Challenge. As with all firsts, the quest to be taken seriously is almost as insurmountable as the actual task at hand. And the Whitbread is no easy feat; it’s 33,000 nautical miles in total, through some of the scariest passages the ocean has to offer.  Because the team lacked sponsors as well as credibility, they had limited financial resources, and so instead of having a sleek boat designed and built just for them, they had a yacht that looked like it should be scapped, far heavier that any other boat in the competition, and that the crew themselves had to refurbish.
The movie moves back and forth between interviewing the captain and crew in the present, when they are looking back on what happened decades ago, and at the time the race was progressing.  It is a testament to a lot of things, and you certainly do not need to bee a sailing fan to enjoy this tale of highs and lows for the women who accomplished this feat.