First 100 IWSN Members
The public "launching" of the International Women Sailing Network was a great success. More than 100 women joined the network. 41 are boat owners. Thanks to Captain Sue Hoover (Quantum Leap) and Captain Kim Bushnell (Puna) for staffing the booth all weekend while I ducked in and out managing the event. In the coming weeks, I'll email everyone who signed in. This network thrives by the connections made, by the generosity of women who want to teach matched with the determination and daring of the women who want to learn. My hope is that it will be fun, inspiring, empowering and that it helps those of you who own boats, those who want to be on the ocean and those who have businesses that serve women boaters grow. Sailing around the world with women wasn't my dream, initially. It was the one passage, then the next passage, and a daily routine that evolved to a circumnavigation. Now, as owner of a boat, I am starting another voyage, one step at a time. I look forward to working with women shipwrights, riggers, sailmakers, engineers, mechanics and educators. I'll share the stories with you and invite your stories and membership with your boats and your sailing dreams. Our emails will be confidential. Enjoy September!
Kaci Cronkhite
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