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 Women's Sailing Instruction (4)
Ginny Gerlach: Experienced Teacher on Great Barrier Reef
I first met Ginny Gerlach in 1997. A native Australian, she had cruised the Pacific, done thousands of miles and had settled as much as sailors can. She was managing Keppel Bay Marina and dreamed of building a business teaching women sailing. Nancy and I invited her aboard Tethys for some serious discussion and a great sail from Rosslyn Bay north to Cairns.
This past winter, I visited Ginny again. A decade had passed and both our dreams had become reality. I'd completed a circumnavigation, started a book and she'd bought a new boat and built her business. Her brand new Catalina 34 MKII arrived May 2007. She'd also gained excellent credentials:
• Yachting Australia Yachtmaster Offshore
• Yachting Australia Yachtmaster Instructor (Sail)
• International Sail and Power Association Instructor
• Marine Board of Queensland Master Class V – Sail and Coxswain
A new boat; an excellent teacher with tons of shorthanded, charter and cruising experience and a spectacular location at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef (Tropic of Capricorn)... a great combination. Check out her website, Cruisability and definitely write. She's booking classes now and they're sure to fill up. Couples who want to charter and women who want to skipper their own, smaller boat are her specialty.
Kaci Cronkhite
in Cruiser Reconnections, Women's Sailing Instruction, International Sailing Opportunities
|
Post a Comment
| 
Print
Tethys sets sail for Hawaii
Late June, Tethys sets sail from Seattle to Hawaii for a round trip summer learning passage. Nancy Erley, Australian First Mate and two women learning crew will sail to Port Townsend the weekend of June 24th, then carry on to the land of Aloha! Return voyage will bring them home in plenty of time for the Wooden Boat Festival, September 8-10 where Nancy will have a booth in the Main Gate area and present talks during the festival weekend. A second all-woman crew will also make the voyage. Follow their trip by checking in on their website. Bon voyage, women!
Kaci Cronkhite
in Women's Sailing Instruction
|
Post a Comment
| Print
Teacher or Sailor. Neither or both?
Just because the instructor is a woman, doesn't mean you'll learn a thing. Some can drive you nuts. Pedantic lecturers, egomaniacs and bullies exist in female forms. So do scatterbrains, blamers and Captains who don't have a clue how to be a teacher. Last week, through an email conversation
Kaci Cronkhite
in Women's Sailing Instruction
|
Post a Comment
| Print
Why learn with all women?
In 2003, I asked a wonderful man/woman couple here in Port Townsend to teach a course for Sail Away Seminars. He said he didn't think it would work.
Kaci Cronkhite
in Women's Sailing Instruction
|
1 Comment
| Print