Description:
Making Waves is the story of the first all-woman team to compete in the America's Cup, and its author, Anna Seaton Huntington, writes from the catbird seat: she was a member of this historic crew. The story begins in 1994 when multimillionaire Bill Koch decided to finance and recruit the 28-member squad that would eventually sail against Dennis O'Connor and the other male-dominated crews in the race. For a year and a half, the women trained together under a staff of all-male coaches, and therein lies Huntington's major complaint. In her view, the men's lack of understanding about the differences in how men and women deal with conflict and leadership development ultimately led to their less-than-stellar performance in the preliminary rounds. Although yacht racing attracts a fairly narrow audience, Making the Waves should appeal to those interested in women's advancement in the world of sports. And even if you don't intend to race your own yacht in the America's Cup, Huntington's behind-the-scenes glimpse of this rarified sport makes for interesting reading.
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