Go to WomenAndCruising.com

   
 
 
By:        
Kathy Parsons   Pam Wall   Gwen Hamlin
Kathy Parsons   Pam Wall   Gwen Hamlin

When we first contemplated cruising years ago, we were filled with doubts and questions: everything from Can I do it? to How do I do it? to Do I even want to do it?

This website is designed to help you answer these questions for yourself. We do this by sharing our experiences and inviting other women cruisers to share theirs as well.

This site grew out of the Women and Cruising Seminars that we have been offering at boat shows and cruiser gatherings throughout the US for several years.  

We developed the Women and Cruising seminar to give women (particularly novice sailors) an opportunity to voice the hundreds of questions they often have on their minds as they contemplate setting off with their partners or on their own.

This web site supports and expands upon the material that we hand out in the seminars. It is growing as we invite other cruising women (and friends!) to share their advice, perspectives and hard-won experience.

Ultimately, it's about making friends, making cruising our own, and getting out on the water and enjoying our lives!

We welcome YOUR contributions to Women and Cruising.

About us

Women & Cruising seminars

 

"Women and Cruising" Blog

Women cruisers share their experiences, info and news.

Latest topics:
• Ask your Questions
• How we learn
• Take your passion cruising

Our Store

Buy cruising books and gear through the Women and Cruising store and help support the site and our upcoming projects.

See:
• Provisioning & cooking books

• Nature guides

• Books that women write about cruising

 

 

Resources

Lots of links, books, and downloads on topics that interest women who contemplate going cruising, including • communications • learning to sail • kids aboard.

View the complete list...



Articles

Take your Passion Cruising

Photo: Lowrie  

On the Women and Cruising Blog, women cruisers discuss the various ways that their hobbies and passions enrich their cruising.

Latest post:
• Lydia Fell falls in love with the wild horses of Abaco

Read all their posts...

Read Gwen Hamlin's Admiral's Angle column "Taking Passions Cruising" to discover some of the interests and hobbies that her Admirals have been pursuing while they cruise.

How We Learn

Women tell us how they have learned the skills they need to sail and cruise.

Latest post:
• Learning to handle the boat alone after a husband's death.

Read all their posts...

The Admiral's Angle Monthly Column

Every month, Gwen Hamlin and the "Admirals" weigh in on the issues that concern women cruisers. The Admiral's Angle column appears on this website the month after it appears in the Latitudes and Attitudes magazine.

Latest columns:• Taking Passions Cruising • Guests aboard.
Read all columns...

Galley Advice from 18 Cruising Women

18 cruising women offer tips and advice for setting up your galley and cooking aboard, discuss the gear that they couldn't live without, and invite you into their galleys.

Read what they have to say...

Try 18 Great Recipes that Work Well on the Boat

18 tried-and-true recipes that work well on a boat, submitted byWomen and Cruising contributors.

Read the recipes online or download them in PDF format...

The Kitchen-Sink Galley Checklist

Are you searching for your cruising boat and wondering what features you want?

Or are you planning modifications to the boat you have?

This galley checklist lays out ALL the issues...

What I Like most about Cruising?... 15 Women Speak

Ellen Sanpere

WHY do we go cruising?

We asked some of our friends to share what they most like about sailing off into the sunset.

Read what they had to say...