All-female sailing team breaks barriers in around-the-world race

THE SCA team battles rough conditions in the Volvo Ocean Race this past November near Cape Town, South Africa. The race departed Newport - its only North American stopover- on Sunday for the next leg to Portugal.  / COURTESY VOLVO OCEAN RACE/CHARLIE SHOEMAKER
THE SCA team battles rough conditions in the Volvo Ocean Race this past November near Cape Town, South Africa. The race departed Newport - its only North American stopover- on Sunday for the next leg to Portugal. / COURTESY VOLVO OCEAN RACE/CHARLIE SHOEMAKER

NEWPORT – Sara Hastreiter knows tough, once climbing Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro — the highest free-standing mountain in the world — a week after recovering from malaria. What she’s doing now may be her biggest challenge. Hastreiter is one of 13 female sailors competing for Team SCA in the Volvo Ocean Race, a nine-month, around-the-world journey

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