.....something I love almost as much as I love sailing is words - and irony - no not ironing, though actually I quite like that too - the play on words - i.e. "sail like a girl" conjures in my mind "throw like a girl" which is definitely a detrimental description of a really poor thrower. "Sail like a girl" I like because its catchy, amuses people who understand the meaning and is ironic because its not detrimental at all - its just sailing like a girl/woman - e.g. the way we sail, not poorly at all but for many women 'differently'.



So for the next few years I'm intending to do as much sailing as possible - to 'infect' as many other women as I can with the sailing bug, and then when I'm too old maybe I'll just play with words.



What I want to do with this blog is invite all of the other women sailors I know (and don't know yet) to write whatever they want on these pages, sharing anything sailing related to other visitors. Whatever I learn from all of you subscribers can only improve what I pass on to others.

So if you would like to contribute to the site - anything you have to add that would be of interest to women sailors please go to the comments box at the bottom of the page and add away.

As you will see I've checked to see if the followers gadget works and it does, so please 'follow' me - it all helps.





Monday, January 3, 2011

Hello, I've been googling looking for any chats or blogs where I could just find........

......... a woman like myself who might understand my sailing challenges and your blog "spoke to me" :).  I'm a 49 year old mother of a 14 year old boy.  I was raised with 3 brothers and was the one who "never got to sail the boat alone".  Despite this, I watched everything.  At 25 I took a 21 ft out of marina del rey in California and sailed all over the harbour and felt so empowered.  I new one day I would be a sailor.  I've taken dinghy sailing lessons / started Power squadron but had no time to continue with work and my son's schedule.  A few summers ago I chartered a 28 ft catalina off of Sydney BC with my son and his friend.  When my son graduates I want to liveaboard and travel.  In the meantime, I don't know any women who have the interest I do.  I don't want to race I just want to cruise comfortably.  My current goal is to see what I could find for my son and I to do together.
 
If you have any insights into the sailing world for me Nancy I'd would so welcome them :).
Best Regards
Teri MacDonald
Kamloops BC Canada
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Friday, December 31, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR

A Happy and Prosperous New Year to all who enter in - here.  Must say I'm pretty excited about this one; my 60th year on this earth, and I'm sure that just like all of you that have gone before me, I cannot believe it - me, 60? 
I am however very excited by what I'm doing at 60 - and feel totally competent and comfortable doing.
I'm still active in body and mind, still turn the occasional male head in my direction, happy with the family I have brought into this world and the husband I have at my side, and ready to start something new.  What more can I ask? 
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