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Kathy Parsons   Pam Wall   Gwen Hamlin
Kathy Parsons   Pam Wall   Gwen Hamlin

Resources

Lots of links, books, and downloads on topics that interest women who contemplate going cruising, including • communications • learning to sail • kids aboard.

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Highlight

12 Questions to 12 Sailing Families

THIS WEEK: The OUT OF BOUNDS family (Family #8)
Family #8: The OUT OF BOUNDS sailing family  

Currently editor of Seven Seas Cruising Association's Commodore's Bulletin, Barbara Theisen offers her perspective on nearly 20 years of cruising with two daughters with widely different needs.

 

Have you ever thought of SAILING away with your family, living together on a boat and making an adventure of your lives together?

Here are 12 families who did just that! And in a huge labor of love, they are sharing their stories with us. Each week we will publish another family here. Read their stories, learn from their practical experience and suggestions, and then go make your dream come true.

From our Blog

Survey

Karyn Ennor, of s/v Magic Carpet, surveyed cruising women as she circumnavigated from Australia...

Karyn Ennor  

Read the survey insights from the broad-ranging questions she asked this international group of sailing women:

Relationships & Roles Aboard

Cruisers share how their sense of self evolves through the cruising experience.

Nick O'Kelly: 6 Mistakes men make in sharing their sailing passion (Lessons I learned the hard way)  

 

 

Ask your Questions

If you have a question about going cruising that you want answered...

 

Email it to: kathy@forcruisers.com. We will send it out to to several of our contributors for their thoughts.

We post some of these questions and answers on the Women and Cruising Blog.

Feature Articles

The Admiral's Angle Monthly Column

Every month, Gwen Hamlin and the "Admirals" weigh in on the issues that concern women cruisers.

 

 

The Admiral's Angle column appears on this website the month after it appears in the Latitudes and Attitudes magazine.

Refitting the Galley: 12 Experiences

My new galley! (Windborne III)

Are we stuck with built-in galleys the way they are? When something does not work or does nor please, cruising women can make changes.

Small changes or large, here's how 12 of our contributors customized their galleys.

Galley Advice from 18 Cruising Women

18 cruising women offer tips and advice for setting up your galley and cooking aboard, discuss the gear that they couldn't live without, and invite you into their galleys.

Read what they have to say...

What I Like most about Cruising?... 15 Women Speak

Ellen Sanpere

WHY do we go cruising?

We asked some of our friends to share what they most like about sailing off into the sunset.

Read what they had to say...

 

When we first contemplated cruising years ago, we were filled with doubts and questions: everything from Can I do it? to How do I do it? to Do I even want to do it?

This website is designed to help you answer these questions for yourself. We do this by sharing our experiences and inviting other women cruisers to share theirs as well.

It's about making friends, making cruising our own, and getting out on the water and enjoying our lives!

We welcome YOUR contributions to Women and Cruising.

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