Marina Martin Tretton — She Sailor Sea Story, Alone

Marina Martin Tretton’s boat is hauled for a do-it-yourself bottom job, that becomes literal. She is totally on her own when the Covid19 social distancing goes into effect. When she finds herself doing the big job alone, she is worried she will “screw...

Nancy Erley – She Sailor Sea Story, Captain, My Captain

Capt. Nancy Erley, Port Townsend, WA, is an ever popular presenter at the NWSA Women’s Sailing Conference in Marblehead, Gail Hine’s Sailing Convention for Women, as well as other women’s sailing workshops. She is natural teacher who enthusiastically...

Deedy Payne – She Sailor Sea Story, Alone

A new outboard mount and insufficient tongue weight combine to push Deedy Payne’s new boat into a violent fishtail. The pitfalls of trailering lead to a charter and a new boat in a...

Linda Newland — She Sailor Sea Story, Alone

Linda Newland, NWSA board member, tells her Alone, She Sailor Sea Story. During a solo race from San Francisco to Japan her stopping boat woke her from a nap in the cockpit. She was startled to see a black void in the otherwise starry...

Margaret Pommert — She Sailor Sea Story, Alone

  Our very first She Sailor Sea Storyteller, Margaret Pommert, has been leading the Seattle Sailing Women’s Program since 2013, with monthly sails introducing a wide variety of boats, destinations, and fun adventures. She leads flotillas to the San Juans and...