Have you been thinking about stepping up to a longer cruise this summer but wondering if you're ready? Join two-time circumnavigator and author, Beth Leonard, for a light-hearted look at all the essentials for extending your range beyond your normal cruising ground. Beth will mix amusing stories from her own experiences with hard-won advice on everything from Mars and Venus on board to avoiding Chinese water torture in your bunk at night. She'll give specific advice on preparing for and making the most of a summer cruise to Maine, discussing route planning, seasonal weather patterns, cruising grounds and handling hurricanes. Whether you're considering joining the Stonington Harbor Yacht Club cruise Downeast this summer or just dreaming about possible future cruisess, join us for an amusing evening's entertainment that will also help ensure that your first long-distance cruise is a success for all concerned.
Beth Leonard and her husband, Evans Starzinger, have completed two circumnavigations and logged more than 110,000 nautical miles. Between 1992 and 1995, they sailed westabout by way of the Panama Canal, Torres Straits and the Cape of Good Hope aboard their Shannon 37 ketch, Silk. They spent four years ashore building their 47-foot aluminum Van de Stadt Samoa sloop, Hawk, before leaving again in 1999. On Hawk, they completed a ten-year, eastabout circumnavigation by way of all of the Great Capes that took them as far north as the Arctic Circle and as far south as Cape Horn. Beth writes for the sailing magazines including Cruising World, Practical Sailor and Good Old Boat and is the author of three books: The Voyager’s Handbook, Following Seas and the award-winning Blue Horizons. For more information, see www.bethandevans.com
