Female sailors

Dutch solo sailor

Soviet sea captain (1908–1999)

Camera Assistant, Inspirational Speaker and Sailor

9th-century Icelandic settler

American sailor

Egyptian ship captain

South African yachts person

American writer (1871-1955)

French ocean rower and sailor

Canadian sailor (1916-2009)

American sailor and author

cruise ship captain from Saint Helena

English sailor

british sailor, shipwright and memoirist

Rusla, also known as the "Red Woman" from Middle Irish Ingean Ruagh, was a legendary Norwegian shield-maiden mentioned in the Gesta Danorum or "History of the Danes" of Saxo Grammaticus and in the Irish annals. According to Saxo, Rusla was the daughter of a fifth or sixth century king of Telemark called Rieg, and sister of Tesandus (Thrond), who was dispossessed of his throne by a Danish king named Omund. Rusla formed a pirate fleet to attack all Danish ships as revenge for the affront to her brother. Rusla was always accompanied by another woman, Stikla, who was her deputy in all raids. Stikl