Posts by Kathy Parsons

Q&A: The Big Decision

Should I quit my job and go cruising? 3 more women respond

Judy emailed Women and Cruising with the following question as she and her husband contemplated going cruising. We forwarded her email to several women who might have thoughts to share with Judy.  Beth Leonard, Sherry McCampbell, and Kathleen Watt responded to Judy and we printed their responses here in our blog. We have since received [...]

Take Your Passion Cruising

Kathy Parsons’ mission: learn the language (and teach it to cruisers)

My big passion as I have cruised has been exploring language and culture. I have always loved getting to know other cultures: it is what drew me to the Peace Corps in the 1970s and part of what drew me to cruising almost 15 years later.
Cruising provides a perfect pace for getting to know [...]

Events and Seminars

Meet Janna Cawrse Esarey at the 2010 Seattle Boat Show

Here’s a great opportunity to meet another Women and Cruising friend:
Janna Cawrse Esarey will be speaking at the 2010 Seattle Boat Show, January 29 – February 6, 2010, at Qwest Field.
Janna is the author of The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman’s Search for the Meaning of [...]

News from Women and Cruising contributors

Women and Cruising branch offices – wherever we cruise!

In case you have been wondering, Women and Cruising has no corporate office. Our webmaster Sylvie works on the website and blog from her boat in the Caribbean.
Our contributors usually send in their posts and articles from their boats, using wifi, a satellite phone, or a local internet cafe.
I correspond with our contributors by [...]

TIPS

3 Tips for flying back and forth from the boat

I’ve just made the “shlep” again – I flew to the US for Christmas to visit family and just flew back to the boat in the Bahamas yesterday loaded down with boat parts. Over time, I’ve found three little things that help.
1. Luggage Scale
A simple luggage scale makes it easy to weigh each bag and [...]

Interesting Reading

Happy Holidays!

‘Twas the week before Christmas, and we cruisers are getting in the spirit of the season. This year we have been enjoying the Christmas season in the Abacos.
We attended the 11th annual Lighting of the Tree on Green Turtle Cay. The Christmas carols were the best part. Choirs from each of the island’s five churches [...]

Women and Cruising Seminar

What We Discussed at the Women and Cruising Seminar

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 [...]

Events and Seminars

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

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).
Jimmy Cornell is the [...]

Interesting Reading

Read the Caribbean Compass online!

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 [...]

Interesting Reading

1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers and a Woman’s Search for the Meaning of Wife

… That’s the subtitle of Janna Cawrse Esarey’s new book The Motion of the Ocean, that we mentioned a while back on the blog. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet (though I like her subtitle) and such lines as:
“Choosing a mate is like picking a house paint from one of those tiny [...]