Women and Cruising Seminar

What We Discussed at the Women and Cruising Seminar

October 20th, 2009 - by Kathy Parsons

Beth Leonard, Ellen Sanpere, Kathy Parsons, Pam Wall, and Debbie Leisure at dinner the night before the Women and Cruising Seminar; Photo: Barbara Dahn We had a great time at the Women and Cruising Seminar Sunday October 11, 2009 at the Annapolis Boat Show. For the first time ever, Beth Leonard, circumnavigator and author of the Voyager’s Handbook joined us. And Pam Wall and I LOVED having her – she was a great member of the Women and Cruising team and we hope she can join us again.

We had quite a few other Women and Cruising contributors in the audience sharing their experiences: …Read more

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Events and Seminars

Come by the Author’s Corner and meet Jimmy Cornell – Annapolis Sailboat Show 2009

October 6th, 2009 - by Kathy Parsons
While you’re at the 2009 Annapolis Sailboat Show, be sure to stop by the Author’s Corner (Booth M5) and talk cruising.

Another reason that I love the Annapolis Boat Show is that I get to hang out with two of my favorite cruising authors, Jimmy Cornell and John Otterbacher (author of Sailing Grace).

Kathy Parsons, Jimmy Cornell and Ellen Sanpere at the Author's Corner - Annapolis 2008Jimmy Cornell is the author of the best-selling World Cruising Routes
 as well as founder of Noonsite, and the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers. I’ve carried Jimmy’s books aboard my boat for decades, but I’d never met him until two years ago at the Annapolis Boat Show.

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Interesting Reading

Read the Caribbean Compass online!

October 1st, 2009 - by Kathy Parsons

Caribbean Compass October 2009 I just got news today that you can now read the Caribbean Compass FREE online every month.

If you’ve cruised the Caribbean, you certainly know about the Caribbean Compass. It’s a free waterfront news magazine,  started by former cruiser Sally Erdle. Sally and her husband Tom circumnavigated from  1989-1994 aboard their Rhodes 41 sloop So Long. In 1995 they settled in Bequia and started the Caribbean Compass.

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