BOOKS

Admiral’s Angle is on Women and Cruising!

Did you know that you can read all 36 (and counting!) columns of Admiral’s Angle on the Women and Cruising site?

Gwen Hamlin has been writing this column monthly for Latitudes and Attitudes magazine since September of 2006. Gwen has a group of women cruisers (Admirals) that …Read more

How We Learn

Why Kim Hess got her captain’s license

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I am always being asked what prompted me to get my Captains license or more correctly my Merchant Marine Officers license.

I can’t honestly say when the seed was actually planted or why, but as soon as it was, it began to grow and grow fast. …Read more

Women and Cruising Seminar

Join Women and Cruising at the Annapolis Boat Show – Oct 11, 2009!

Thanks to Cruising World, we will once again be giving the Women and Cruising Seminar at the Annapolis Boat Show this Fall. It’s been a while since we have done the seminar so it will be a happy reunion for us – and for women and …Read more

How We Learn

A medical crisis leads Marti to buy a sailboat and learn to cruise

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In the early 1990′s, I was a single, healthy and athletic woman, making a living in the health care industry. I had planned to retire when I hit 55, buy a cruising boat and sail away to somewhere for fun during the “golden years”.

My plans were changed when I got very ill with …Read more

Take Your Passion Cruising

Ellen Sanpere races her home, combining cruising and racing

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It only took about 40 years and two failed marriages for me to discover my passion is sailing. The question, “Would you like to go sailing?” was not one I could ever answer in the negative. My calendar revolves around regattas and racing schedules to this day.

As a young adult, I raced every …Read more