Reading for Women: It's Your Boat Too

It's Your Boat Too

by Suzanne Giesemann

In my fledgling cruiser experience I find that the more knowledge I gain about boating the more I engage in this lifestyle. My partner is very knowledgebale and patient with instruction, but his language and guidance style was too advanced and does not resonate with my level of boating experience. When Shane on s/v Guiding Light recommended this book title I knew it was for me.

I need the basics before I can apply more advanced concepts. This book reviews basic boating concepts in a holistic approach from a woman's conversational point of view. After reading this book I gained a well rounded base knowledge that improved my confidence in articulating and participating as co-captain of our vessel.

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Commander Suzanne Giesemann draws on her twenty years in the Navy as a commanding officer and leadership instructor to write this empowering guide for women boaters. Power or sail, if you’re just going along for the ride, you are limiting your enjoyment on the water. Suzanne encourages women to take a bigger role on board by addressing common fears and self-limiting attitudes. She shares the nautical knowledge necessary to become a safer, more competent, and more confident boater.

Reading for Women: Changing Course, A Guide...

Changing Course, A Woman's Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life
by Debra Ann Cantrell

When I moved aboard I had no sailing experience, just a desire to live an extraordinary life. The first year was devoted to transitioning from land based living to mobile living. The second year I found myself reckonning with thoughts that my male partner could not share. My perception at the time was that women who lived on boats moved aboard with their love for the lifestyle already intact. I found this book helpful in validating that others have similar struggles with making the lifestyle change. This book has an encouraging tone, like a woman mentor for fledgling "Admirals".

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Editorial Reviews

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"Changing Course is first and foremost a primer in rational decision-making. The focus of the book is the question: to cruise or not to cruise, a question Cantrell considers most difficult for women. [But] the book is helpful regardless of who wants to go and who hangs back." - Points East; "Changing Course is aimed at the process of making this major decision about your life. Cantrell's professional skills as a counselor and educator are well exercised in this volume. Above all, she offers reasonable answers about challenges and risk-taking, Many readers will find a safety net inherent in her approach to cruising..." - 48[degrees] North; "Ask any couple living aboard an average-size cruising boat: men troubleshoot; women problem-solve. Men need to know what; women need to know why. Men prefer to learn by doing, figuring out things as they go along; women are more comfortable figuring out how things work before swinging into action." - Sailing

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"[A] well-researched, gracious and truthful account." --Georgian Bay Today

When her husband proposed living on a boat full-time, Debra Cantrell wondered what other women in her position had done and began a five-year study to find out what choices they had made and how it had all worked out. The result is Changing Course, a guidebook for navigating this odyssey. No matter what the outcome, each woman was strengthened by the experience.