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Gwen Hamlin's Column

The Admirals' Angle

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

Latest columns:

   
#68 - Dinghy Driving 101   #67 - Accessorizing the Cruising Dinghy   #66 - Choosing the Cruising Dinghy's Outboard

 

Cruising with Children

Cruising Children Speak

In this series cruising children tell us about their experiences growing up aboard.

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4. A Cruising Kid Knows Beans About the Navy

A Djibouti bank, a US Navy frigate, and some dried beans: for one cruising kid, it was a recipe for "what I want to be when I grow up".

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12 Questions to 12 Sailing Families

12 Questions to 12 Sailing Families  

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!

 

Emotions at sea

Fighting Fears

 

In this series experienced cruising women expose common fears that have nagged them and share ways they’ve found to keep fears from getting in their way.

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Galley and Cooking aboard

 

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...

My new galley! (Photo by Carolyn O'Brien, S/V Windborne III)
 

Refitting the Galley:
12 Experiences

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.
Here's how 12 of our contributors customized their galleys...

 

The Kitchen-Sink
Galley Checklist

Searching for your cruising boat and wondering what features you want in the galley?
This checklist details ALL the issues...


 

Try 18 Great Recipes
that Work Well on the Boat

Try 18 tried-and-true recipes that work well on a boat, submitted by Women and Cruising contributors.
Read the recipes online or download them in PDF format...


About Cruising

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...


 

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