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Category: Sharing Our StoriesSharing 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Cruising with Kids, Sharing Our Stories
 What if you are “empty nesters” over the age of 50, and want to go sailing off into retirement with your spouse. Are you afraid you will seldom see your children? Will you miss spoiling the grandchildren and watching them advance through the stages of childhood? Sharing Our Stories
 Nothing can stop a woman from reading! Reading served to fuel my determination that one day I would go cruising. My wish finally came in 2006 after finally having a little space between children’s final exams. Our six children are spread over a large range, and for many years we were constantly preparing one of them for high school graduation. The break came and this was my [...] Sharing Our Stories
 In 1998, we purchased our first real cruising boat, sailed quickly from Tortola to Venezuela, and began converting her to a floating palace. We figured it would take just the four months left in the hurricane season to make the boat perfect, then we’d cruise back to St.Croix for the winter. Tony and I each had over [...] Lessons Learned, Sharing Our Stories
 Amanda and John Neal (s/v Mahina Tiare) were in the Samoan capital, Apia in September 2009 when a powerful tsunami generated by an undersea earthquake killed dozens and wiped out several villages in the Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga. Here, in Part 2, she reflects on the experience and offers suggestions for preparing [...] Sharing Our Stories
 In September 2009, a powerful tsunami generated by an undersea earthquake killed dozens and wiped out several villages in the Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga. Amanda and John Neal (s/v Mahina Tiare) were in the Samoan capital, Apia. Samoa Fears and Worries, How We Learn, Sharing Our Stories
 I don’t know why I’m terrified of water. It’s not as though I have memories of any tragic or traumatic moment in my life, such as I’ve heard others tell when detailing their fear of the deep. In fact, I remember a few family outings as a child to Terracina or Sabaudia or even San Felice (Italy) [...] Sharing Our Stories, The Big Decision
 Kathleen Watt responds to Judy’s question: My husband and I are thinking of living aboard a sailboat in 4 to 5 years from now. His daughter is grown and just purchased her first home while my daughter is a freshmen in high school. I suppose it is harder for me to take to the idea of living aboard because I have a really great paying job and I feel I need to help my daughter with college. I am only 39 so leaving my career is harder than I thought it would be. Any advice for me? [...] Sharing Our Stories
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