Cruising with kids
March 3rd, 2010 - by Behan Gifford

It’s been over a year and a half since we pulled out of our home port of Bainbridge Island, Washington, and headed south.
Going cruising as a family, instead of waiting for our children to leave the nest, is one of the best choices my husband and I have ever made.
Sure, we have some challenges that the empty nest cruisers don’t have: they probably haven’t had lego bits bind up their macerator pump, or string cheese blocking the finely machined teeth on a winch. …Read more
Events and Seminars
January 15th, 2010 - by Pam Wall
Pam Wall will once again be a presenter at the Sail America Strictly Sail Boat Show at Navy Pier in Chicago. The Boat Show dates are January 28 through January 31. Pam will be speaking on her Family Sailing Around the World, Cruising the Bahamas, Outfitting for Blue Water Cruising. This year Pam presents a new lecture on sailing across the Atlantic on the lovely four masted bark, Sea Cloud!
Details of Pam’s Seminars:

Sea Cloud
Come and join the Trans Atlantic Passage of the lovely and historical yacht SEA CLOUD. This beautiful 367 foot private yacht was built for Marjorie Merryweather Post and is now a charter yacht that works the Caribbean in the winter and the Mediterranean in the summer.
Pam Wall just recently sailed from the Canary Islands to Antigua and wants to share this wonderful 16 day passage aboard the bark SEA CLOUD. Come and see what it is like to cross the Atlantic with the trade winds and enjoy the life aboard a square rigged sailing ship. …Read more
Events and Seminars
May 13th, 2009 - by Kathy Parsons
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 to learn to sail with their parents for free.”
Here’s the URL that describes the program:
http://www.offshore-sailing.com/2009_kids_learn_free.asp
As Mary suggested, we will add this to the “Kids Aboard” section of our Resources page.