Steady as She Goes Women's Adventures at Sea

by Sjoholm, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781580050944
• ISBN10: 1580050948
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-25
• Publisher: Seal Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
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