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ASK YOUR QUESTIONS

• Cruising kitty: Will I have enough money? WAC team
• Searching for a new way of life in the boating industry Gwen Hamlin
• How to best tell our family we are sailing away? Gwen Hamlin
• Where to begin? Gwen Hamlin
• Should I quit my job and go cruising? 3 more women respond Kathy Parsons
• Should I quit my job and go cruising? Kathleen Watt responds Kathleen Watt
• Should I quit my job and go cruising? Sherry McCampbell responds Sherry McCampbell
• Should I quit my job and go cruising? Beth Leonard responds Beth Leonard

• How to cope with seasickness? Here’s what works for Lynn Terwoerds Lynn Terwoerds
• Shampoo and soap for bathing in salt water? More tips WAC team
• Shampoo and soap for bathing in salt water? Tips WAC team

• Cruising kitty: Will I have enough money? WAC team
• Searching for a new way of life in the boating industry Gwen Hamlin
• How do we earn money while sailing? Is going into the charter business a good option? Gwen Hamlin

• Storage: Any organizing tips and tricks for us? Brenda Greene
• Dinghy choice: RIB or hard dinghy? WAC team
• Any recommendations on outfitting a boat for scuba diving? Gwen Hamlin

• Slow Cooking (with a Solar Oven) on a Slow Boat Heather McCarthy
• Is it worth it to get a pressure cooker? WAC team
• What should I cook on our BVI sailing charter? Gwen Hamlin

• I am afraid of going up the mast. How do I deal with this? Gwen Hamlin
• Is the Caribbean safe for cruising? The Caribbean Safety and Security Net tracks the facts Caribbean Safety and Security Net
• Is the Caribbean safe for cruising? Here’s what Caribbean Compass’ readers say Sally Erdle

BOOKS

• Books to take your family cruising Kathy Parsons
• Book Review – SeaWise Safety Checklist / Emergency Action Guide for Sailing Yachts Gwen Hamlin
• Book Review: The Boat Galley Cookbook, by Shearlock and Irons Gwen Hamlin
• Book Review: Tightwads on the Loose, by Wendy Hinman Gwen Hamlin
• Book Review – Cornell’s Ocean Atlas: Pilot Charts for All Oceans of the World Gwen Hamlin
• Try a FREE Sample of The Boat Galley Cookbook Carolyn Shearlock
• What the %$@$# are they talking about – Deciphering boat speak Gwen Hamlin
• Memoir: Cruising Conversations with a daring duo! Corinne Kanter
• Book review – Swept: Love With a Chance of Drowning, by Torre DeRoche Gwen Hamlin
• Book Review – Bull Canyon: A Boat Builder, A Writer and other Wildlife by Lin Pardey Gwen Hamlin
• Book Review – A Passion for the Sea by Jimmy Cornell Kathy Parsons
• First-time voyagers — What did they worry about that never happened? (Part 2) Lin Pardey
• First-time voyagers — What did they worry about that never happened? (Part 1) Lin Pardey
• Join Lin and Larry Pardey at US West coast seminars as they introduce new book Lin Pardey
• Diving for Cruisers – Admirals’ Angle Collection Updated Kathy Parsons
• World Cruising Destinations, Jimmy Cornell’s new book! Kathy Parsons
• Interview with a Cruiser: Gwen and Don of Tackless II Kathy Parsons
• Get Her On Board (Secrets to Sharing the Cruising Dream) Gwen Hamlin
• An Admiral’s Reference Shelf Kathy Parsons
• Read the new Admiral’s Angle: My Bookshelf, A Mental Voyage Gwen Hamlin
• Admirals Angle: Taking Passions Cruising Gwen Hamlin
• Happy Holidays! Kathy Parsons
• Read the Caribbean Compass online! Kathy Parsons
• 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers and a Woman’s Search for the Meaning of Wife Kathy Parsons
• Admiral’s Angle is on Women and Cruising! Kathy Parsons
• Motion of the Ocean by Janna Cawrse Esarey Kathy Parsons

CHECK LISTS

• Struggling to get cruising? Make three lists! Kathy Parsons
• Book Review – SeaWise Safety Checklist / Emergency Action Guide for Sailing Yachts Gwen Hamlin
• Oh, no, not another hurricane! Pam Wall

STORIES

• A cruising wife’s A to Z – Part 2 (M to Z) Emmanuelle Buecher-Hall
• A cruising wife’s A to Z – Part 1 (A to L) Emmanuelle Buecher-Hall
• Sailing into the Eighties Germaine Beiser
• The drier side of Bonaire Marcie Connelly-Lynn
• Cruising is not camping Clare Collins
• Sharing space Brianna Randall
• ‘It Ain’t Over…’ an outstanding story from the Caribbean Compass Ruth Chesman
• Chance encounters between ships and whales – Part 2 Daria Blackwell
• Chance encounters between ships and whales – Part 1 Daria Blackwell
• Why washing dishes in saltwater is WORTH IT Lanea Riley
• How I said farewell to the Southern Cross and got new eyes. Clare Collins
• Bored aboard: My guilty secret Margaret Bujnoch
• Plan ahead to make lemonade from lemons Jan Irons
• On my own, but never alone Laura McCrossin
• When green meets blue Katharine Lowrie
• Women cruisers organize seabird citizen science project Diana Doyle
• Lipstick Sailor Lanea Riley
• Staying pink in a blue world Clare Collins
• Memoir: Cruising Conversations with a daring duo! Corinne Kanter
• Elli shares her thanks and logbook from her family’s year of cruising (Part 2) Elli Straus
• Elli shares her thanks and logbook from her family’s year of cruising (Part 1) Elli Straus
• Bev Feiges: The best about living aboard Cloverleaf Bev Feiges
• Traveler vs. Tourist Brittany Stephen-Meyers
• What I like best about cruising? Passages and anchorages: a world of your own Daria Blackwell
• Betsy Baillie: What do I most like about cruising Betsy Baillie
• What do you love most about cruising? Barbara Theisen responds Barb Theisen
• Caught like a fish – hook, line and sinker: Lisa reflects on 5 years cruising aboard a trawler Lisa Favors
• What to do with all that trash? Devi Sharp
• Women’s Experience of Cruising – Research Findings Karyn Ennor

• Books to take your family cruising Kathy Parsons
• Sailing Home Again Nadine Slavinski
• Girl Overboard Ann Lee Miller
• Back to land: Choking on the anchor Clare Collins
• Pint-sized Maritime Explorers Ann Lee Miller
• Family health in the Pacific: The kind of story you want to hear Nadine Slavinski
• Cruising families rally in support of sailing with children and of the ‘Rebel Heart’ family Kathy Parsons
• Video: Kids speak their own minds about cruising Nadine Slavinski
• Confessions of a Bad Boat Wife Serena Li
• Elli shares her thanks and logbook from her family’s year of cruising (Part 2) Elli Straus
• Elli shares her thanks and logbook from her family’s year of cruising (Part 1) Elli Straus
• 6 Tips for home-schooling sailors Nadine Slavinski
• Advice: If you want to see your children and grandchildren a lot, just go cruising! Coral Beach
• Sailing Families – Halfway Through! Gwen Hamlin
• Sailing Families – Women and Cruising’s newest project! Kathy Parsons
• What does it cost to cruise as a family? One family’s first-year expenses Meri Faulkner
• A mom looks back on the decision to go cruising as a family Behan Gifford

• Why it’s better for women to take the helm – Part 2 Daria Blackwell
• Why it’s better for women to take the helm – Part 1 Daria Blackwell
• How do women educate themselves about sailing? Karen Bergman
• Marine mechanics: Women’s work Tasha Hacker
• Everything I needed to know to go cruising … Carolyn Shearlock
• Getting started on tall-ships Stephanie Katz
• Your disability is your opportunity Teresa Carey
• The Captain’s Father Suzi Wallace
• Kim Hess moves aboard her first boat Kim Hess
• Debbie Leisure: What I learned on my first solo trip to the Bahamas Debbie Leisure
• Ruth Allen’s secret weapon against fear: the theme song from Gilligan’s Island Ruth Allen
• Laurie’s epic journey to conquer her fear of the water Laurie Clark
• How answering a personal ad led me to become a skilled cruiser Dierdre Wogaman
• Debbie Leisure learns to sail her boat single-handed. Debbie Leisure
• Why Kim Hess got her captain’s license Kim Hess
• A medical crisis leads Marti to buy a sailboat and learn to cruise Marti Brown

Sharing Our Stories (19)

• Our decision to leave Valérie Viel-Dupuis
• My first Atlantic crossing … aboard Sea Dragon with a crew of 13 women Elaine McKinnon
• Merlin’s voyage: Living our dream for real! Emmanuelle Buecher-Hall
• Sailing on, single handed Elizabeth Tyler
• ‘It Ain’t Over…’ an outstanding story from the Caribbean Compass Ruth Chesman
• Committee boat Connie Fleenor
• 2 Extreme: Step aboard a global abode Cyndi Perkins
• Cruising on Convergence : Building the boat Sally-Christine Rodgers
• On my own, but never alone Laura McCrossin
• A sea of meaning: How the sea changes me Karen Sullivan
• Oh, no, not another hurricane! Pam Wall
• Lessons from an offshore voyage: How one woman’s life was changed by the sea Heather Mann
• Advice: If you want to see your children and grandchildren a lot, just go cruising! Coral Beach
• Ginni MacRobert, mother of 6, sets off on her own for an 18-month circumnavigation. Ginni MacRobert
• Earthquakes & tsunamis – Part 2: lessons learned in Samoa Amanda Swan Neal
• Earthquakes & tsunamis – Part 1: Amanda Neal reports from Samoa (and Hawaii). Amanda Swan Neal
• Laurie’s epic journey to conquer her fear of the water Laurie Clark
• Should I quit my job and go cruising? Kathleen Watt responds Kathleen Watt
• Suzanne Giesemann has an Awakening Suzanne Giesemann

• My first time on a sailing boat – or why women don’t want to go sailing with their husbands Signe Storr
• Balance of power … afloat Jaye Lunsford
• Sailing as a Metaphor for Marriage Janna Cawrse Esarey
• Confessions of a Bad Boat Wife Serena Li
• What do women like most about sailing their boats? Karen Bergman
• 6 Mistakes men make in sharing their sailing passion (Lessons I learned the hard way) Nick O'Kelly
• Get Her On Board (Secrets to Sharing the Cruising Dream) Gwen Hamlin
• Boat jobs: Pink or Blue? …Violet, Meri says Meri Faulkner
• Boat jobs: Pink or Blue? Marcie Lynn comments Marcie Connelly-Lynn
• I am not an Admiral! Livia Gilstrap
• Boat jobs: Pink or Blue? Betsy Morris’s confession Betsy Morris
• Shipboard democracy and chain of command Michelle Elvy

• Marine Conservation is my passion Sally-Christine Rodgers
• Diana Doyle enjoys “birding aboard” as she writes cruising guides Diana Doyle
• Food is Ann Vanderhoof’s route into Caribbean life Ann Vanderhoof
• Gwen took her SCUBA passion cruising Gwen Hamlin
• Kathy Parsons’ mission: learn the language (and teach it to cruisers) Kathy Parsons
• Admirals Angle: Taking Passions Cruising Gwen Hamlin
• Lydia Fell falls in love with the wild horses of Abaco Lydia Fell
• An addiction: The fascinating beauty of seashells Sylvie Branton
• Katharine Lowrie sets sail to protect wildlife Katharine Lowrie
• Beth Leonard becomes a writer at sea Beth Leonard
• Ellen Sanpere races her home, combining cruising and racing Ellen Sanpere
• Heather Mann brings her meditation practice aboard Heather Mann
• Elena makes beautiful jewelry from the bone and shell she finds on the beach Elena Puntin
• Take Your Passion Cruising: Birdwatching Kathy Parsons

Fears and Worries (12)

• Cruising kitty: Will I have enough money? WAC team
• Conquering a fear of heights: Going up the mast Jody Pountain
• Adventures of a once reluctant sailor Michele McClintock Sharp
• All dressed up and too afraid to go: Rediscovering the courage to set out alone Laura McCrossin
• Chance encounters between ships and whales – Part 2 Daria Blackwell
• Chance encounters between ships and whales – Part 1 Daria Blackwell
• I am afraid of going up the mast. How do I deal with this? Gwen Hamlin
• Book review – Swept: Love With a Chance of Drowning, by Torre DeRoche Gwen Hamlin
• First-time voyagers — What did they worry about that never happened? (Part 2) Lin Pardey
• First-time voyagers — What did they worry about that never happened? (Part 1) Lin Pardey
• Ruth Allen’s secret weapon against fear: the theme song from Gilligan’s Island Ruth Allen
• Laurie’s epic journey to conquer her fear of the water Laurie Clark

• The Shakedown Cruise Tracy Mazzeo
• First-timer account of offshore sailing Marie Raney
• My first Atlantic crossing … aboard Sea Dragon with a crew of 13 women Elaine McKinnon
• Tale of a gale: A novice sailor’s adventure Susan Von Hemert
• My first sailing experience Tracy Mazzeo
• My first time on a sailing boat – or why women don’t want to go sailing with their husbands Signe Storr
• Adventures of a once reluctant sailor Michele McClintock Sharp
• First cruising adventure: Our best and worst moments Clare Collins
• Ellen Sanpere: My first real cruise Ellen Sanpere

• What we learned from our first cruising boat Verena Kellner
• Tale of a gale: A novice sailor’s adventure Susan Von Hemert
• Video: Just a little heart attack Daria Blackwell
• Chance encounters between ships and whales – Part 2 Daria Blackwell
• Chance encounters between ships and whales – Part 1 Daria Blackwell
• Confessions of a Bad Boat Wife Serena Li
• Anything you can do… Lisa Gabrielson
• What I have learned: Choose your mistakes Livia Gilstrap
• Tell us what you would do differently: Ruth Allen Ruth Allen
• Lesson learned from Hurricane Irene: Do your own thing. Robin McCarthy
• Lessons from an offshore voyage: How one woman’s life was changed by the sea Heather Mann
• 6 Mistakes men make in sharing their sailing passion (Lessons I learned the hard way) Nick O'Kelly
• Earthquakes & tsunamis – Part 2: lessons learned in Samoa Amanda Swan Neal

• Sparrow on the horizon Suzi Wallace
• Everything I needed to know to go cruising … Carolyn Shearlock
• The Captain’s Father Suzi Wallace
• International Women’s Day then and now: Women Rocking the World in Their Own Way Michelle Elvy

Cruisers give back (6)

• Birding Aboard “SeaBC” has sailors reporting unusual birds Diana Doyle
• Women cruisers organize seabird citizen science project Diana Doyle
• Ruth says: To learn about a place, volunteer! Ruth Allen
• Aid to Haiti being delivered on volunteer sailboats Donna Lange
• Lydia Fell falls in love with the wild horses of Abaco Lydia Fell
• Ellen Sanpere working with the St. Croix Hospice Regatta Kathy Parsons

• Sailing Home Again Nadine Slavinski
• Back to land: Choking on the anchor Clare Collins

• Slow Cooking (with a Solar Oven) on a Slow Boat Heather McCarthy
• Cruiser Anne Patterson makes solar ovens … And shares a recipe Anne Patterson
• Marine Conservation is my passion Sally-Christine Rodgers
• Good cookin’: Why I love my solar oven Anne Patterson
• When green meets blue Katharine Lowrie
• What to do with all that trash? Devi Sharp

TIPS & IDEAS

• Slow Cooking (with a Solar Oven) on a Slow Boat Heather McCarthy
• Cruiser Anne Patterson makes solar ovens … And shares a recipe Anne Patterson
• A cruising wife’s A to Z – Part 2 (M to Z) Emmanuelle Buecher-Hall
• A cruising wife’s A to Z – Part 1 (A to L) Emmanuelle Buecher-Hall
• Cruising is not camping Clare Collins
• First Aid Afloat Kelly Watts
• Good cookin’: Why I love my solar oven Anne Patterson
• Dancing in the Harbour Daria Blackwell
• 5 Tips every Seamless Sailor should know about canvas on her boat! Annette Baker
• iPad on board Verena Kellner
• When green meets blue Katharine Lowrie
• Storage: Any organizing tips and tricks for us? Brenda Greene
• Oh, no, not another hurricane! Pam Wall
• How to cope with seasickness? Here’s what works for Lynn Terwoerds Lynn Terwoerds
• Gardening for cruisers Bev Feiges
• Handholds, handholds, handholds Bev Feiges
• 6 Tips for home-schooling sailors Nadine Slavinski
• What to do with all that trash? Devi Sharp
• 5 Simple, little galley refit ideas Truus Sharp
• What should I cook on our BVI sailing charter? Gwen Hamlin
• Shampoo and soap for bathing in salt water? More tips WAC team
• A cruising bookworm loves her new Ebook reader Carolyn O'Brien
• 3 Tips for flying back and forth from the boat Kathy Parsons
• Shampoo and soap for bathing in salt water? Tips WAC team
• Bev Feiges makes her case for an electric galley aboard Bev Feiges
• Boat maintenance tip: Download user and service manuals Kathy Parsons

WOMEN & CRUISING NEWS

• Your 5 favorite blog posts of 2013 Kathy Parsons
• Women & Cruising most popular articles in 2012 Kathy Parsons
• 2011′s most popular posts on the Women & Cruising blog Kathy Parsons

• Hands on and personal – Cruising Women 2-day program in Annapolis, April 23-24 Kathy Parsons
• Two amazing days with 11 cruising experts – October 13-14, 2013 Kathy Parsons
• Improve your skills with 4 long-distance sailing women – Marblehead, MA – Saturday, June 1 Betsy Morris
• Two day hands-on program on Cruising just for Women – Annapolis, MD – April 25-26, 2013 Kathy Parsons
• Cruisers University, Annapolis – April 26-29, 2012 Kathy Parsons
• Learn ‘Spanish for Cruisers’ the easy way: Online with author Kathy Parsons, Sept 26-Oct 17 Kathy Parsons
• Daria Blackwell invites you to the next Happy Hooking event, June 7. Daria Blackwell
• Join the ‘Women and Cruising’ team at Strictly Sail Pacific – Oakland – April 14-17, 2011 Kathy Parsons
• Night Sailing – webinar with 2-time circumnavigator Nancy Erley, March 10, 2011 Nancy Erley
• Join Lin and Larry Pardey at US West coast seminars as they introduce new book Lin Pardey
• Happy Hooking – the Art of Anchoring: webinar February 12, 2011 Daria Blackwell
• First-ever Women and Cruising webinar: join us January 19, 2011! Kathy Parsons
• Webinar: A Family Sails Around the World, by Pam Wall – Dec 9, 2010 Kathy Parsons
• Diesel Engine Workshop for Women Jan 8-9, 2011 [canceled] Kathy Parsons
• Join two-time circumnavigator Nancy Erley at the Women’s Sailing Conference Nancy Erley
• See you at the Women’s Sailing Conference June 5, 2010 in Marblehead, MA! Kathy Parsons
• 7 more good reasons to join us at Strictly Sail Pacific, April 15-18, 2010 Kathy Parsons
• Amanda Neal’s April Seminars on Offshore Cruising Amanda Swan Neal
• Join Women and Cruising at Strictly Sail Pacific – April 16-17, 2010 Kathy Parsons
• Meet Janna Cawrse Esarey at the 2010 Seattle Boat Show Kathy Parsons
• Come to Pam Wall’s seminars at the Chicago Strictly Sail Boat Show Pam Wall
• What We Discussed at the Women and Cruising Seminar Kathy Parsons
• Come by the Author’s Corner and meet Jimmy Cornell – Annapolis Sailboat Show 2009 Kathy Parsons
• See you at the 2009 Annapolis Boat Show! Kathy Parsons
• Join Women and Cruising at the Annapolis Boat Show – Oct 11, 2009! Kathy Parsons
• Beth A. Leonard’s 2009 Presentations Beth Leonard
• Beth Schwarzman – Women’s Sailing Conference – June 6 Kathy Parsons
• See you at the Women’s Sailing Conference – June 6 – Marblehead, MA! Kathy Parsons
• Kids Learn Free program at Offshore Sailing School Kathy Parsons
• Pam Wall’s Seminars at Strictly Sail Pacific Pam Wall
• Welcome to the Women and Cruising Blog Kathy Parsons