"Tracy provided a humorous and entertaining assembly that delivered a powerful message. Having a successful role model who has achieved so much after a difficult start in life was truly inspiring. Our students have really appreciated her experiences. She has a 'matter of fact' approach which really connects with young people."

"We asked Tracy to come along to talk to our management team about her experiences, trial and tribulations she had overcome crossing the oceans of the world. Her insights into successes of teamwork and her examples of how she had to find reserve after reserve of courage and self-belief were motivational and inspirational. Many of our team managers were refreshed by the talk. Most of all Tracy’s bubbly personality which exuded enthusiasm and fun, gave us all a new perspective."

"She provided just the perfect balance of motivation laced with humour and appropriate contextual example...she managed to uplift us all!"

"Excellent presentation, professionally presented, Tracy held the audience captivated."

"Excellent, Excellent and Excellent! Exactly what we were after, it was something the delegates could really relate to in terms of the team working. Motivational and fun but with a serious message behind it. I hope you will be happy for me to come back to you in the future."

“I wanted to thank you again for coming in last week to talk to the school. Everyone really enjoyed your talk - I have seen several albatross impressions around and I have been approached on many occasions by people asking me to recount how you got expelled from school! Even some year 11 girls have told me that they found you inspiring, which is a very impressive feat! Thank you so much for your time and wisdom.”

“Thank you so much for today. Your visit has created such a massive buzz around the school. I am so grateful that you did the maiden project in the first place. The entire Outdoor Education project of mine came from watching the Maiden Voyage at 12 years old and then basically replicating the principles at different stages of our project. In essence, literally thousands of disadvantaged inner city kids have had life changing experiences because of a direct result of your work. I never thought I would actually meet the leader of this project and I am truly amazed by this. Thank you so much again. Our staff and student are so inspired and much more so than I had thought they would be.”

“At the Girls Day Schools Trust Young Leaders Conference we all really enjoyed your speech and found it very motivational. Being an all-girl’s school we have had our fair share of female inspirational speakers, however, we all agreed that we have never felt so empowered as we did after listening to you. We thought you were such an engaging speaker and that your determination to achieve in something you loved was something we could all learn from. To hear a woman who has achieved so much in her career, supported a family and also worked so hard to achieve gender equality can teach us all a life lesson, especially as Maiden has come so far in changing the status of women in yachting and in sports. As a high profile female figure in sport we believe you provide a unique and interesting perspective on women’s place in sports and in society at large. You make an excellent role model.”