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Cruising with Children

Cruising children speak

 
 

In this series, cruising children tell us about their experiences growing up aboard.

 

1. Child of the Sea, by Doina Cornell
Ex-cruising kid Doina Cornell shares moving and honest stories from her family’s circumnavigation using excerpts from her book Child of the Sea.

 

2. Living Aboard—Same-Old-Same-Old
When You’re 12
, by Ann Lee Miller
Eye-rolling 12-year-old liveaboard cherishes her sailing heritage as an adult.

     

 

3. Two Girls, One Ocean, and a Lifelong Friendship, by Melanie Neale
One cruising kid meets another and a friendship that will shape the lives of two women is formed.

 

4. A Cruising Kid Knows Beans About the Navy, by Jane Behr
A Djibouti bank, a US Navy frigate, and some dried beans: for one cruising kid, it was a recipe for "what I want to be when I grow up".

 

Read also, on this website:

Video: Kids speak their own minds about cruising (Women & Cruising Blog)
12 Questions To 12 Sailing Families (Feature article)