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Category: STORIESCruising Life
 Ann, on HanaCrew, made a sad observation as we sat on deck in the marina in La Cruz: “Cruising seems to make men more manly, while women,” she noted, “watch their femininity disappear.” Men become swarthy, they get to grow beards and have an excuse to be unwashed and scruffy. Unfortunately, what can be dashing for [...] Lessons Learned
 We are still year round boaters and consider from time to time when we might head off again for a year or more of sailing. Currently work beckons and so we enjoy Witchcraft, sailing when we can in the Thousand Islands Region. It sure could be worse. There is lots of good company here, [...] Books, Websites & Blogs, Cruising Life
In their new book Cruising conversations with a daring duo! Corinne and Chuck Kanter delve through their 30+ years of sailing experience, especially their 15 years as full-time liveaboards. In this memoir, they share their learning experiences, the wonderful people they met, and the joys of the lifestyle outside the proverbial box. The following excerpts are [...] Sharing Our Stories
 There’s no two ways about it: being out at sea changes me. It’s hard to write about this without streaking off on a tangent of froth. To an artist, the sea is a moody canvas of light, texture, color and motion to capture, but to a sailor, it’s more than that. The surface of the sea is [...] ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, Fears and Worries
 Sherri’s question One of the things I want to ask other women about is going up the mast. I feel silly about it because twenty years ago I was adventurous and really liked heights and was into rock climbing! But over the past few years I have become fearful of heights and no matter how much [...] Cruising Life, Cruising with Kids
 Elli wrote us to say thanks for all the support and inspiration she has received from Women and Cruising, and from our 12 Sailing Families. Back after a year’s cruise, her log book entries vividly bring back the reality of cruising. Part 1 of this 2-part post was published on Oct [...] Cruising Life, Cruising with Kids
 Our nine months at sea proved to be both challenging and rewarding in ways none of us could have imagined. My name is Elli Straus. My husband and I pulled our two daughters out of school three years ago this October and sailed for the better part of [...] Books, Websites & Blogs, Fears and Worries
I’m a sucker for a well-told tale, and Swept: Love With a Chance of Drowning by Torre DeRoche is just that. Decades ago, sailing sagas were told by weathered men sailing solo on distant seas; today they are told by the women convinced to go along. Not unlike Janna Cawrse Esarey’s Motion of the Ocean, Swept [...] Lessons Learned
Heading Home: The start of our return to port, before we knew we’d be seeking shelter from the storm! [Photograph by Ann Marie Maguire] We sailed into our home port of Belfast, Maine, after two weeks of cruising just days before Hurricane Irene made land fall in North Carolina. We spent the winter refitting and living aboard our Bristol 24, Sharing Our Stories, TIPS
 Hurricane Irene – August 23, 2011 – 21:45 UTC – Photo Goes East As readers prepare for hurricane Irene, we are re-printing a story that Pam Wall wrote about going through Hurricane Dennis in the Abacos. In it she shares a list of things to have aboard to help you prepare as well as a [...] About Cruising, Cruising Life
 Bev Feiges, aboard Cloverleaf, a 61-foot custom Krogen motoryacht, shares a list of some things she wouldn’t want to live without, and some pictures of great things about living aboard. Lets start with the great things about living aboard. Everyone will tell you that. Evening dinner in the cockpit. Mixed [...] Lessons Learned, Sharing Our Stories
 “Do we remember how to do this?” I ponder in my offshore sailing journal. “My mind creaks as I shift from boat maintenance to sailing. Having spent the hurricane season in Wisconsin with the boat tucked into a boatyard in Florida, Dave and I realize it has been five months since we’d hoisted sail on our [...] |
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