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Category: STORIES So here it is… finally – our shakedown cruise! After 22 months of upgrades, projects, renovations, busted knuckles, bloodied toes, cursing, drinking, more cursing and drinking, we are as ready as we’re going to be. We are going somewhere, people!! Our cast of characters includes my husband, Captain Ken, the First Mate (me), Ken’s teenage son (Ken …Read more  There is no topic that we have covered as often and as thoroughly as going sailing with children aboard. Why? The answer lies in the children that we have met living aboard boats with their families. The cruising kids that we have known have been active and knowledgeable, curious about the sea, other people, and the great …Read more  Hello ! My name is Valérie, I’m 55, and I sail with my husband François, 67, on our sailing yacht, Cybèle 17, an OVNI 445, in Scandinavian. We live year round on her, on water. Many thanks to Women & Cruising for inviting me to contribute to your blog. I’m French and English is a second …Read more  Heather McCarthy has been sailing with her husband, Dan, and their three daughters, the “McMermaids” since 2011. They are currently cruising the Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas, and the Bahamas onboard s/v Jullanar. Here, Heather answers a few questions about how solar cooking has opened up a whole new suite of cruising food options for …Read more  This article was first published on YachtPals.com. Leaving land life behind to go cruising can seem like a big step, but coming home afterwards can be just as challenging. We’ve completed two extended “seabatticals,” and the emotional process of transitioning back was very different each time. The physical process, on the other hand, …Read more  This article was first published on Sailing Phoenix, Marie Raney’s blog. What’s it really like to go offshore? A delight of dolphins! I have been a sailor all my life, but only started cruising in 2001. I grew up racing in small open boats, windsurfing, and day sailing. Years later when my husband proposed …Read more  Anne Patterson and her solar oven, in her ‘other galley’ (the SEA LADY foredeck) Three years ago on the Women and Cruising blog, Anne Patterson of sv Sea Lady wrote about cooking aboard with a solar oven. Her experience with the solar oven was so favorable, that when the company producing her …Read more  This article was also published in 48° North (July 2015) – a great, free sailing magazine for the Pacific Northwest, and on Pacific Sailors, Verena Kellner’s blog. It’s been nearly a year since we sold Camille and we’re starting to think about our next boat. We’ve had a nice break but …Read more  My biggest fear and concern about dropping everything and taking my wife (who is more enthusiastic than I am) and three kids cruising is $.  In the Women and Cruising blog series “Take Your Passion Cruising” I wrote about my passion: birds. When you’re cruising, you’re immersed in nature, and many of us enjoy watching the birds while underway or at anchor. But as a boater you’re also in a unique position to contribute to citizen science simply …Read more  Marine Conservation is my passion and I have worked on ocean issues for decades learning a great deal along the way. Sally-Christine Rodgers with husband Randy Repass & their son, Kent-Harris. The oceans are in crisis and we who love them need to step up and be vocal in support of sustainable seafood, reducing Co2 emissions, …Read more  Author Ann Lee Miller shares an excerpt from her memoir, Boat Daze, due out in 2016 about growing up on a yawl. Girl overboard! – Photo by Kristianne Koch I stood on the bowsprit as we sailed Biscayne Bay. The wind swept the swelter of the sun from my skin. A bucket of Noon rain …Read more |
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