{"id":4645,"date":"2015-06-14T13:58:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T13:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=4645"},"modified":"2015-06-14T13:58:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T13:58:04","slug":"nothing-ventured-nothing-gained-women-on-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=4645","title":{"rendered":"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Women on the move."},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Sunday morning and it’s been too long since my last post. However, it’s better late than never, so here goes.<\/p>\n

I find that when I am “on the hard”, well it’s “hard” to come up with something to write about… \u00a0Somehow, when I am afloat, it’s much easier. \u00a0I could write about cutting the lawn or perhaps running to the grocery for milk but that’s just as boring as, well, watching grass grow.<\/p>\n

In the way of an update on what’s up, I am slowly whittling my way through the “Pandora-do-list” and getting ready for next weekend’s SSCA Summer Solstice Gam in Essex.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the GAM, the program has come together very well and I am particularly excited about a late speaker entry, \u00a0Donna Lange. \u00a0Donna will speak about her upcoming voyage that will take her around the world ALONE. \u00a0Long distance sailing isn’t new to Donna as she has already been around alone\u00a0once already. \u00a0This article from March SAIL magazine. \u00a0<\/span>Interesting reading.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She’s a pretty tough girl. \u00a0 This photo is from the SAIL article courtesy of Billy Black,<\/a> a remarkable marine photographer.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>As I write this Donna is aboard her 28′ sailboat, Inspired Insanity, headed north. \u00a0At this moment, she is off of northern FL headed toward RI. \u00a0 Click here for her position.<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Donna, along with being the grandmother of 11, \u00a0is an accomplished songwriter and singer and promises to add song to her talk in Essex. \u00a0If you haven’t already done so, you can sign up for the GAM at www.ssca.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking of “girls afloat”, a few years ago I met a young woman, Sonya Baumstein, at the Annapolis boat show. \u00a0I wrote about her in this post<\/a> back in December 2013. Fast forward to last week, Sonya rowed out into the Pacific from Japan to begin her voyage to San Francisco. \u00a0 Check out this news report from Japan on her voyage and departure.\u00a0