The Cruising Woman's Advisor, Second Edition
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Foreword to the Second Edition by Tania Aebi
Foreword to the First Edition by Lin Pardey
Preface
Introduction
Participants
1 THE CRUISING LIFE
Event or Lifestyle?
What Is the Cruising Lifestyle?
Why We Go
Demands and Rewards
2 HIS DREAM, HER DREAM, TOO
The Raison d’Être
Cruising Roles and Relationships
Communication Required
Living the Dream
Him
3 GETTING STARTED
Sailing
Power
If My Partner Falls Overboard, How Do I Rescue Him?
How Can I Go Cruising When I Always Get Seasick?
How Do I Keep the Boat from Heeling?
How Do I Live in Such a Confined Space?
How Do I Manage the Boat on Long Voyages?
What Scares You Most about Voyaging?
How Many Storms Have You Encountered at Sea?
How Often Do You Go Home?
4 A BOAT FOR JUST THE TWO OF US
The Right Boat For Us: Power or Sail?
How Do We Decide?
The Right Boat
Size
Boat Motion
Living Space
Sailboat Gear
Safety Gear
Upkeep
5 FEARING THE WEATHER AHEAD
Weren’t You Scared?
Gathering Information
Learning to Cope
Steering Clear of Bad Weather
What Do You Do to Prepare for Bad Weather?
The Silver Lining
6 PIRATES AND PROTECTION
Isn’t It Dangerous Out There?
There Are Some Real Dangers
How Do We Protect Ourselves?
7 IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH
Medical Preparation and Planning
Medical Concerns
Fitness
8 CHILDREN AND PETS ON BOARD
Infants and Toddlers
School-Age Children
Adolescents
Pets
9 FOLKS AT HOME
Preparation
Your Feelings
Family Issues and Events
Emergency Contact
They Don’t Want Me to Go
Guilt
10 STAYING IN TOUCH
Who Forwards the Mail and Pays the Bills?
Telephone Communication
Radio Communication
Satellite Communication
11 CAREER PLANNING AND EMPLOYMENT
The Option of Timing
Expectations
Combining Work and Play
Sabbatical Cruising
Making a New Career
Constraints and Regulations
12 HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
Your Boat Is Your Home
Moving Aboard
Selecting the Systems
Comfort Comes in All Shapes
I Don’t Need It
Your Home Is Your Nest
13 MEMORIES AND MEMENTOS
Inventory Reduction
Keeping Valuables
What’s Worth Keeping?
Saving Important Items
New Mementos
Disposal Systems
14 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY
A Different Pace
Schedules for Cruising
Time at Anchor
Destinations
Will I Be Bored?
15 WOMAN TO WOMAN
Bathing
Hair Care
Skin Care and Makeup
Clothing
Sex at Sea
16 MAKING THE MOST OF IT
Things to Learn for Independence
Grow as You Go
17 A FEW WORDS ABOUT PROVISIONING
Provisioning for Cruising
Shopping in Foreign Countries
What’s Out There?
Foreign Finds
Bright Copper Kettles
Tableware
Stowage
Epilogue THE VOYAGE CONTINUES
Appendix RESOURCES FOR CRUISING INFORMATION AND SERVICES
Bibliography RECOMMENDED READING FOR CONFIDENCE AND PREPARATION
Index
“A great starting point for the woman who wants to live the cruising life.”--SAIL
The cruising life offers adventure, exotic destinations, and expansive opportunities for personal growth. But considering such a life leads to vexing questions: What do I need to learn? What do I do if my partner falls overboard? How will our relationship be tested at sea? Let longtime cruiser and circumnavigator Diana Jessie start you on the journey of a lifetime with her advice on short-term cruising or long-term voyaging. She addresses the concerns of women cruisers, including:
- Cruising roles and relationships
- What life at sea is really like
- Children on board
- How to make the boat your home as well as his
- Identifying the dangers and putting them into perspective . . . and more
Plan for smooth cruising with advice from Sally Bee Brown, a contributing editor to PassageMaker magazine; Carol Cuddyer, cofounder of Sea Sense, a sailing and powerboating school for women; Dawn Riley, noted America’s Cup and Whitbread sailor; Patience Wales, two-time circumnavigator and editor emeritus of SAIL; and thirty other cruisers. This updated edition also contains information on powerboating (including choosing between power and sail), cruising with pets, and satellite communication.
“A little gem . . . packed with useful information.”--Sailing
“Every woman who intends to step on board for more than a day sail should read Jessie’s book.”--The Log