Posts by Debbie Leisure

How We Learn

Debbie Leisure: What I learned on my first solo trip to the Bahamas

debbie-leisure-learn-2

In September of 2009, Debbie Leisure wrote here on the Women and Cruising Blog about how she learned to single-hand her boat after the death of her husband. At the end of the post Debbie said that she planned to sail to the Bahamas this winter. So we recently asked Debbie to update …Read more

How We Learn

Debbie Leisure learns to sail her boat single-handed.

debbie-leisure-learn-1

I learned to sail with my husband.

We took lessons together, chartered boats together, bought our first boat together, and then our next boat—the one in which to go cruising.

I learned my “things” and he learned his. We tried to cross-train, and sometimes it worked.

It wasn’t until he died suddenly, a couple …Read more