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Tag: Skills I am not an Admiral. I am a co-captain, a sailor, a cruiser, a wife, and sometimes a wench, but I am not an Admiral. The word is a title of importance. It denotes authority, oversight and ultimate responsibility for a fleet. The term has historical context which also imbues it with power. There are many Admirals …Read more  NWSA’s 9th annual Women’s Sailing Conference is only two weeks away! Come join us! It will take place Saturday June 5, 2010 at the Corinthian Yacht Club on beautiful Marblehead Harbor in Massachusetts. Nancy Erley, two-time circumnavigator, calculates that this will be her 6th year at the conference. …Read more  I have a new sailing friend, an exceptionally competent woman. The first day we met, on a beach in the Bahamas, Doris said “I wish I’d understood when we moved aboard how uneven the tasks would seem. I wish I’d understood that my husband’s skills carried more weight than mine.” …Read more Would you like to improve your sailing skills while meeting lots of cool women and having FUN? Sign up for NWSA’s 9th annual Women’s Sailing Conference, a Take the Helm® event! It will take place Saturday June 5, 2010 at the Corinthian Yacht Club on beautiful Marblehead Harbor in Massachusetts. (I will be there!) It’s a …Read more  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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