The Women’s Sailing Foundation is offering the Sue Corl Youth Sailing Scholarship now. The scholarship is for young women sailors 14-19 years old who have identified a sailing program they wish to attend. The programs may include an advanced sailing program, a tall...
WSF/NWSA welcomes Deborah Ann Grimm, Ph.D. to the Board of Directors. Debby was female sailor of the year at New Orleans Yacht Club in 2001 and outstanding woman sailor at Southern Yacht Club in 2012. She was a founding member of the Lake Pontchhartrain Women’s...
An Opti offers an optimistic start for children. A six year-old can learn to sail her small boat. Many of us have watched tiny kids sailing along with a fierce look of determination. They learn quickly how to go where they wish without the aid of anyone, except...
OFFERING DIVERSITY September 11, 2021 The 20th National Women’s Sailing Conference will be at the Jackson Park Yacht Club in Chicago! Our theme “Sharing Sailing” will celebrate women who teach, coach and find ways to invite women aboard. Women sailors...
Girls often look to women in their lives for cues and examples of how to think, act, and confidently take risks. Women like us, who by setting positive examples for them — owning our achievements, taking calculated risks, showing confidence — we help develop...
Marlene Sassaman’s unique Seussical-style storytelling celebrates a mish-mash of Jewish and Christian holiday traditions. Marlene wraps the light of Hanukkah and magic of Christsmas around a family sailing outing.
Naomi Emmerson is a plucky sailor committed to sharing the joy of sailing. She joined us from Antigua to host the event and share Swinging Dixie’s parade of lights success. Naomi made her way to Antigua from another exotic sailing venue, Lake Mead, the...
Conditions encountered while rounding a Hawaiian island taught Barbara Ross a few sailing lessons she has not forgotten even decades later. First, a small craft advisory may not have the same meaning in a location where the cannel’s name means “big...
The thing about reefing is, it most often is not an action that leads to a sea story. Shortening sail keeps things sedate, safe and, well, civilised and boring. Marie Rogers tell her story of a few time reefing was not the chosen option. Hosted by Anne Bryant....
Hitting a reef is the last thing any sailor hopes to do. Amy Alton of Out Chasing Stars tells her She Sailor Sea Story of overcoming a low point at the beginning of her recent circumnavagation. Hosted by Anne Bryant.
A free boat for a women’s sailing club — sounds great, right? Saving the vintage Flying Scot proves to be a rescue mission involving rebuilding a soggy hurricane damaged hull, restoring, revitalising and overcoming lots of humps and obstacles. Danielle C....
Tammara Airhart is a volunteer outreach coordinator for Challenged Sailors San Diego. Her story tells of her personal journey from the darkness of sudden blindness followed by job loss, to routinely rescuing other people with challenges brought on by loss of physical...
Jumping at the chance to work in Alaska, Elizabeth Hogan finds a wool hat in June, grabs gear and granola bars, embarks on a long flight north, then jumps aboard. She retells her experience aiding in the rescue of a large, entangled, wild animal. Hosted by Naomi...
Anne’s boats are works of high artisan craftsmanship. On a cold day a particularly sentimentally cherished, hand-built craft breaks away in high seas! OH! NO! Hosted by Naomi Emmerson, this is a tale of rescuing a family treasure.
Laura Howell’s father lived a life connected to the sea through work in the Coast Guard, then as an Alaskan fisherman, yet he could not understand Laura’s choice to live her life aboard a small sailboat while raising her young daughter alone. Her touching...
Marlene Sassaman’s began sailing in 1980. She is US Sailing Small Boat Instructor and a U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain. She served on the board of Melbourne Yacht Club and as their Youth Sailing Director. From 2008 to 2010 Sassaman was the captain of an all-women’s...
Nizan Levy organized the 2019 flotilla of 18 boats that met then 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg as she sailed into New York after crossing the Atlantic. Nizan’s She Sailor Sea Story of taking part in the historic event is full of joy and excitiment...
Debora Abrams-Wright shares her “unicorn” existance and experiences as a black woman in the white world of sailing, pushing the boundries of race and gender.
Charlotte Kaufman, NWSA board member and founder of Women Who Sail on Facebook tells a Uncharted Waters, She Sailor Sea Story of her first sailing adventure and of falling in love.
In 2014, Tracy Edwards discovered that Maiden was abandoned in poor condition in a marina in the Indian Ocean.[10] She launched a successful public bid for funding to save the boat, with the intent to re-enact its Whitbread run before putting it in charitable use and...
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