This film is a beautiful tribute to the groundbreaking Florence Arthaud whose life was dedicated to facilitate women's access to boat racing.

Male sailors in the film are awful chauvinists, they despise her as a woman and envy her talent. It's difficult to understand their appeal yet she keeps hoping against hope her partners will be decent. She 's shown as a fiercely independent woman who thrives as a sailor in the face of constant adversity.

There are unexpected emotional scenes, they successfully convey the plight of her life and her quest to succeed. As a woman she struggled to fund her circumnavigating the globe while lesser talented male sailors had the best boats and opportunities handed on a plate.

Somehow she's half naked throughout, maybe this was a sad prerequisite to get the film financed, it is most odd. Can't women be portrayed as interesting and powerful without being thoroughly objectified?