Throughout the month of November both Blue Water Sailing Magazine and The Cruising Compass is focusing on Fitting Out For World Cruising.
The Cruising Compass interviewed Pam Wall, Outfitting Manager for West Marine. Pam is an accomplished sailor who has sailed around the world with her husband, Andy of Andrew Wall Rigging, and their young children. Pam and Andy have become Fort Lauderdale’s resident expert for all cruisers, motor or sail.
Pam outfits every kind of boat from small sailboats to mega-yachts. She also teaches sailing at the annual Bitter End Yacht Club’s “Women on the Water Week” in the British Virgin Islands. (Pam is also part of the Women and Cruising team, presenting our Women and Cruising seminars at boat shows.)
Here are links to the first three installments on the Blue Water Sailing website:
Want to learn more?
Visit the Women and Cruising Outfitting Resources page where you can download Pam’s Outfitting Checklist.
Read the current issue of Cruising Compass or search the archives.
Read some of Pam’s contributions to Women and Cruising: What I like Most about Cruising, Galley Advice from 18 Cruising Women