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.
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Own-Her-Ship
It's one thing to be a Captain. It's another to be a Captain/Owner. I've poured hours and years into boats since 1992 and I've even loved a few. But there's nothing like buying a boat, feeling the transfer of responsibility from the previous owner to you. It's a commitment I'd never made before, not fully. When I wrote the check for Pax, I felt the stirring of something new, something primal. It was like the first draft of a breeze, when the sun comes up. A new day is ahead. Night is ending. Warmth, weather, color and all the energy of the waking world starts its crescendo. As I drove the former owner, a young man who'd spent 8 years with Pax and was now off on a voyage in art, an MFA, to the Port Angeles to Victoria ferry, we talked as if we'd known each other for decades. There's a history in boats and a solemnity between owners connected through the heart. I now own a boat and her name is Pax. A 1936 Danish Spidsgatter. Latin for Peace.
The immediate effects of ownership have been responsibility, freedom & peace. Check the gallery for the latest news on Pax.
Kaci Cronkhite
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