ASK YOUR QUESTIONS
The Big Decision Q&A (8)- 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
Cruising Life (29)- 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
- 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
Relationships & Roles Aboard (12)
- 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
- 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
First Cruise/First passage (9)
- 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
Lessons Learned (13)
- 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
- 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
Life after cruising (2)
- Sailing Home Again Nadine Slavinski
- Back to land: Choking on the anchor Clare Collins
Sailing Green (6)
- 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
Best of... (3)- 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
