Sails Like a Girl, Lives Like a Wolf

Jeanne Goussev, the two-time Race to Alaska winner and Sail Like a Girl founder, navigates multiple sclerosis. Story by Norris Comer for SAIL magazine:

You might have watched the 40-foot Gray Wolf win last year’s Race to Alaska (R2AK) under team We Brake for Whales and thought it impressive that for the second time, Jeanne Goussev stepped onto the dock at Ketchikan first. But only after that victory did the well-known Puget Sound sailor reveal that this was about so much more than $10K nailed to a log—first prize in the notorious/infamous race.

“Connection is one of the most important things I can have,” says Jeanne, who sailed with her husband, Evgeniy Goussev, teammate Nikki Henderson, and other members of her sailing family who helped her manage multiple sclerosis (MS) that she made public after the victory. “It was a real celebration.” – Full report