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Category: How We LearnWomen tell us how they have learned the skills they need to sail and cruise.  In December 1992 I answered one more personal ad in the “Columbus Monthly” magazine, a glossy trendy publication in Columbus, Ohio. I responded by writing a note, as it was before Internet dating and instant gratification. Don called me after receiving that note. What I did not understand at first was that he was …Read more  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  I am always being asked what prompted me to get my Captains license or more correctly my Merchant Marine Officers license. I can’t honestly say when the seed was actually planted or why, but as soon as it was, it began to grow and grow fast. …Read more  In the early 1990′s, I was a single, healthy and athletic woman, making a living in the health care industry. I had planned to retire when I hit 55, buy a cruising boat and sail away to somewhere for fun during the “golden years”. My plans were changed when I got very ill with …Read more |
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