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Category: Relationships & Roles AboardWomen cruisers share how their sense of self evolves through the cruising experience. Lessons Learned, Relationships & Roles Aboard
 On even the most perfect weekend afternoon, we see only a handful of empty slips; most boats jostle restlessly in place like drunken tombstones. Smart, motivated, and capable people own these craft: doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, craftsmen, teachers, engineers, etc. They’ve sacrificed and saved and dedicated significant resources for years to buy, berth, and maintain their boats, yet [...] Books, Websites & Blogs, Relationships & Roles Aboard
 Through a sequence of connections it would take a page to recount, I’ve come back in touch with a cruiser I first met in a group of West Coast sailors getting ready to leave for the South Pacific from Puerto Vallarta back in 2003. A series of maintenance problems cropped up and kept Nick and his [...] Relationships & Roles Aboard
 In April, Betsy Morris wrote about the division of boat jobs aboard Salsa (Boat jobs: Pink or Blue? Betsy Morris’ Confession). She wondered how other cruising couples divided up the jobs and whether they were happy with the result. Marcie Lynn commented here. Following is Meri Faulkner’s response. I have [...] Relationships & Roles Aboard
 In April, Betsy Morris wrote about the division of boat jobs aboard Salsa (Boat jobs: Pink or Blue? Betsy Morris’ Confession). She wondered how other cruising couples divided up the jobs and whether they were happy with the result. Following is Marcie Lynn’s response. I enjoyed reading Betsy’s article, but I guess I [...] Relationships & Roles Aboard
 I am not an Admiral. I am a co-captain, a sailor, a cruiser, a wife, and sometimes a wench, but I am not an Admiral. The word is a title of importance. It denotes authority, oversight and ultimate responsibility for a fleet. The term has historical context which also imbues it with power. There are many Admirals [...] Relationships & Roles Aboard
 I have a new sailing friend, an exceptionally competent woman. The first day we met, on a beach in the Bahamas, Doris said “I wish I’d understood when we moved aboard how uneven the tasks would seem. I wish I’d understood that my husband’s skills carried more weight than mine.” [...] Relationships & Roles Aboard
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