Steady as She Goes Women's Adventures at Sea

The talented writers in this unique collection spin harrowing adventure yarns and recount quiet moments of revelation surrounded by the vastness of the ocean. Whether commercial fishing in Alaska's unforgiving waters, racing tall ships off the coast of Australia, kayaking in the enchanting Sea of Cortez, navigating the perils of a Mediterranean mooring, or learning the antiquated mechanics of a New York City fireboat, these women work and play at sea.

Barbara Sjoholm is the author, as Barbara Wilson, of the memoir Blue Windows, nominated for a PEN award, and Gaudi Afternoon, a comic thriller set in Barcelona and a film, now available in video, starring Judy Davis and Marcia Gay Hardin. Her essays and travel narratives have appeared in The American Scholar, The North American Review, The New York Times, and Smithsonian. Shelives in Seattle.

Introduction

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BARBARA SJOHOLM

Big Storm, Small Boat

1

(18)

PENELOPE S. DUFFY

Maiden Voyage

19

(10)

DEVORAH MAJOR

Fourteen

29

(16)

GINNI CALLAHAN

Happy Jack and the Vis Queens

45

(18)

JENNIFER KARUZA SCHILE

Mediterranean Mooring

63

(14)

TANIA AEBI

Boat Knowing

77

(10)

DAWN PAUL

Midterm Reflections from a Semester at Sea

87

(14)

BERNADETTE BERNON

In Harbor

101

(18)

DODO DANZMANN

Survival at Sea

119

(16)

DEBORAH SCALING KILEY AND MEG NOONAN

The Color Blue

135

(10)

HOLLY HUGHES

Shakedown

145

(12)

MOE BOWSTERN

Swordfish

157

(14)

LINDA GREENLAW

Crossings

171

(18)

SUE MULLER HACKING

Sailing with Steinbeck

189

(14)

ANDROMEDA ROMANO-LAX

Captain Lou

203

(16)

PAMELA POWELL

Rowing to Latitude

219

(14)

JILL FREDSTON

Evergreen

233

(8)

MELINDA TOGNINI

Below Decks

241

(14)

JESSICA DULONG

Capes of Hope

255

(16)

KACI CRONKHITE

Whale Watching Me

271

(12)

JENNIFER HAHN

About the Contributors

283

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Steady as She Goes Women's Adventures at Sea

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