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Tightwads on the Loose is the #1 Best Seller at Magnolia Bookstore!

I just learned the my book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven Year Pacific Odyssey, is on the best seller list for Third Place Books! May 2012 Here’s a photo of it on the display shelf. Look at the company … Continue reading →

http://www.myballard.com/2012/06/11/ballard-writers-jam-at-egans-on-tuesday-night/ Local writers, including Wendy Hinman, will perform original work at Egan’s Ballard Jam House on Tuesday, June 12 at 7 p.m. This will be the final Ballard Writers Jam of the summer. It’s the third event of its kind, … Continue reading →

Cruising Vancouver Island: An Ideal Shakedown For Extended Voyaging By Wendy Hinman As my husband, Garth, and I planned to venture offshore, our heads spun with everything we needed to do to get our boat ready. Magazines intimidated us with … Continue reading →

“Dreams of freedom and adventure: For most people, they remain just that — dreams. For certain others, like Wendy Hinman and Garth Wilcox, such dreams are the stuff life is. In 2000 the couple set sail from Puget Sound for … Continue reading →

“Dorade: The History of an Ocean Racing Yacht” by Douglas D. Adkins David R. Godine, 240 pp., $65 Dorade is a fine tribute in the form of a coffee table book that features well-crafted stories and photos of this majestic … Continue reading →

My husband, Garth Wilcox, and I sailed our 31-foot sailboat, Velella, 34,000 miles for seven years. We ventured to the South Pacific and to Asia, enduring storms and typhoons as well as dangerous situations navigating reefs and ships that threatened … Continue reading →

I’m heading for the Seattle Boat Show to do the second of five presentations: Comfort Afloat in the Heat of the Tropics. See details about my other presentations: Pacific Loop Options; Cruising on a Budget; and Go Small, Go Simple, … Continue reading →

The 2012 Women in Boating Seminar will be February 18, 2012. I’ll be presenting again at this year’s session. For more details about this year’s line up, visit this link. Here’s an article about last year’s seminar, which was a … Continue reading →

This month’s Writers Connection features an interview with New York Times best selling author Erik Larson. To subscribe to the Writers Connection newsletter, click here. Visit our listing of local events this month,click here.