Laura Howell’s father lived a life connected to the sea through work in the Coast Guard, then as an Alaskan fisherman, yet he could not understand Laura’s choice to live her life aboard a small sailboat while raising her young daughter alone. Her touching...
Marlene Sassaman’s began sailing in 1980. She is US Sailing Small Boat Instructor and a U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain. She served on the board of Melbourne Yacht Club and as their Youth Sailing Director. From 2008 to 2010 Sassaman was the captain of an all-women’s...
Nizan Levy organized the 2019 flotilla of 18 boats that met then 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg as she sailed into New York after crossing the Atlantic. Nizan’s She Sailor Sea Story of taking part in the historic event is full of joy and excitiment...
Debora Abrams-Wright shares her “unicorn” existance and experiences as a black woman in the white world of sailing, pushing the boundries of race and gender.
Charlotte Kaufman, NWSA board member and founder of Women Who Sail on Facebook tells a Uncharted Waters, She Sailor Sea Story of her first sailing adventure and of falling in love.
In 2014, Tracy Edwards discovered that Maiden was abandoned in poor condition in a marina in the Indian Ocean.[10] She launched a successful public bid for funding to save the boat, with the intent to re-enact its Whitbread run before putting it in charitable use and...
