The International Women's Sailing Network Blog began in August 2005. The blog is written by Kaci Cronkhite, with fragments of conversations, emails and other women's experiences woven in, as they allow. You can correspond with Kaci by using the Contact Us link on the home page, or Post a Comment on the blog entry. If you make a mistake and want your comment removed, that's easy. Just send an email.
Entries in Stories from the Circumnavigation (5)
Slice of Moon & Venus Rising
Lizard Island, Australia
Dreams at Sea
Nearly every woman who sailed aboard Tethys in the ocean, experienced profound dreams. Most were vivid memories,
New Zealand H28, Patricia, Alive & Well
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Dr. Watts, Jo and Kaci sailing Patricia in Hauraki Gulf, NZ.
In 1996, two cyclones found their way to New Zealand. This unusual weather year resulted in some pretty dramatic stories
Water Color as aid to navigation
There are blues and then, there are BLUES. When I sailed with another woman out of Newcastle, Australia bound for New Zealand I was glad to see the chocolate colored water of the muddy harbor turn blue. What I didn't understand on that first knarly upwind passage was that the BLUE water just beyond the intial blue had a power in it's depth that would sweep us south off our charts.

