Did you know that you can read all 36 (and counting!) columns of Admiral’s Angleon the Women and Cruising site?
Gwen Hamlin has been writing this column monthly for Latitudes and Attitudesmagazine since September of 2006. Gwen has a group of women cruisers (Admirals) that …Read more
Thanks toCruising World, we will once again be giving the Women and Cruising Seminar at the Annapolis Boat Showthis 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
Gwen Hamlin devoted her April and May 2009 Admiral’s Angle columns to “How We Choose Where We Cruise”. Here the husband of one of the Admirals throws in his two cents:
“Watching and identifying birds and animals is a passion, especially with Yvonne. She has documented the names of over 2500 bird species and continues to be just as excited when she positively identifies one she has never seen as she was twenty years ago when we started a hobby that requires binoculars only. …Read more
Has anyone read this new hot-off-the-press book by Janna Cawrse Esarey? She seems to have a great sense of humor – and it’s certainly a “Woman and Cruising” type book!
Janna just sent Gwen Hamlin an email announcing her book and we both went to check out:
Beth Schwarzman will be the keynote speaker at the 8th Women’s Sailing Conference to be held June 6 at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Beth is a cruising sailor who has dropped anchor in harbors in the Faeroe Islands, Brazil, West Africa, Cuba, Estonia, Belize, and Newfoundland, among others. She …Read more
Suzanne Giesemann sent in the following news a little over a week ago.
I knew she had a new book coming out (this one has nothing to do with sailing, yet it sounds very interesting) and I was hoping she might mention something about it.
Cruiser Ellen Sanpere has been a terrific champion of volunteering as you cruise. She started the “Volunteering” section on the Women and Cruising Resources page. She worked with Fundamigos in Venezuela for a number of seasons. Now that she is hanging around in the Virgin Islands, she has been giving …Read more
We’d like to post news from Women and Cruising contributors, so here is our first which was sent by Marcie Lynn of s/v Nine of Cups:
"The passage from Chile to Iles Gambier, French Polynesia was, for the most part, pretty benign and without a doubt, the slowest passage in our sailing history.
What a great way to learn more about sailing: the 8th Annual Women’s Sailing Conference to be held June 6, 2009 in Marblehead, Mass.
Enjoy a full day of learning, sailing, sharing, networking, and good fun at the Corinthian Yacht Club on beautiful Marblehead Harbor. Participate in a variety of workshops for women of …Read more
We received this email from Mary Orme with information for families that are interested in learning to sail:
“I would like to ask whether you could make mention, under the KIDS ABOARD section that Offshore Sailing School is offering a KIDS AND TEENS LEARN TO SAIL FREE program through October. This gives kids a great chance …Read more
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