22-year-old Junella King started her sail training at the National Sailing Academy and went on to becoming an RYA accredited instructor and obtaining her RYA Day skipper certification. She is a competitive sailor and passionate about teaching people to learn to sail.
She has just spent six months race training with the owner of Arethusa, Philip Lotz, for the IC37 North American Championships along with a group of young Antiguan sailors she was also apart of the newly formed Antigua Star Sailors League team who competed in Switzerland.
Junella was also chosen to be a part of Maiden Factor 58th Farr crew. Maiden embark on a 90,000 nautical mile tour and will continue to do so over the next three years, visiting upwards of 60 destinations in over 40 countries.