Listen to the segment here. Wendy Hinman with KPTZ at Wooden Boat Festival.

SYC Women’s Group’s – Women’s Boating Skills Weekend

The 7th Annual Women’s Boating Skills Weekend is scheduled to take place at the Portage Bay Main station April 4– 6, 2025. This weekend-long educational and social event features 50 workshops for up to 150 attendees. Click the link for the full 2025 WBSW Agenda_Final schedule. This event is sold out and registration is now closed.

Wendy Hinman will be the keynote luncheon speaker on Saturday April 5 at the Seattle Yacht Club Skills Weekend Taking the Helm.

Wendy Hinman grew up sailing, learning to sail as a child with her family in the Hawaiian Islands, and discovered a love of exploring places by boat that has taken her aboard boats around the globe, both racing and cruising. Her hit book Tightwads on the Loose shares some of her adventures afloat and in this session she’ll share what she’s learned about developing confidence as a boater with her signature humor, examples, and insight.

Once again I look forward to participating in the Seattle Boat Show and selling/signing my books at Captain’s Nautical Supply booth up on the concourse.

Seattle Boat Show January 31-February 8, 2025.

Besides presenting, I will be selling and signing my books at Captain’s Nautical Supply booth on Fridays and weekend days, as well as women’s day on Monday 2/3/24 when women can get into the show for free.

I will be presenting on these dates, times, and topics:

Sunday February 2, 3:15pm Homebuilding a 38-foot Modern Wooden Sailboat

Wendy Hinman and Garth Wilcox sailed 34,000 miles aboard Velella, a light displacement 31-footer. Drawing on his skills as a professional naval architect and experience gleaned in a circumnavigation of the world in a 40-foot double ender that barely survived a shipwreck, Garth designed his dream cruising boat. Learn about the process they’ve undertaken to build a 38-foot boat in their backyard.

Monday February 3, 12-2pm Moderator, Becoming a Better Sailor Women’s Panel: Featuring a panel of women sailors with various levels of experience revealing how they evolved into the confident sailors they’ve become.

Friday February 7, 2pm Cruising the Inside Passage through BC and Alaska: Get a taste for the possibilities and how to make the most of the time you have to enjoy the glaciers, waterfalls, and hot springs; as well as wildlife including whales, bears, otters and more; and a native culture like no other place offers. This talk will include favorite spots, tips for trip planning, an overview of resources available, and potential pitfalls to help you prepare.

Saturday February 8, 11:15pm Living Without Refrigeration: Living without refrigeration may come out of choice or out of necessity. Even if you have refrigeration, it requires significant power, it can fail, and, of course, not everything can fit in such a tiny space. Wendy Hinman will share the wisdom she gathered during her 7-year 34,000 mile voyage without refrigeration. She discusses how to provision and eat well without refrigeration over extended cruises.

Saturday February 8, 12:15pm Homebuilding a 38-foot Modern Wooden Sailboat: Wendy Hinman and Garth Wilcox sailed 34,000 miles aboard Velella, a light displacement 31-footer. Drawing on his skills as a professional naval architect and experience gleaned in a circumnavigation of the world in a 40-foot double ender that barely survived a shipwreck, Garth designed his dream cruising boat. Learn about the process they’ve undertaken to build a 38-foot boat in their backyard.

Speaker Bio:
Wendy Hinman has published articles in a variety of publications and is the award-winning author of two hit books: Tightwads on the Loose and Sea Trials. She is a regular speaker at yacht clubs and boat shows around the country and her presentations are filled with examples and infused with humor. She grew up sailing and has cruised and raced in venues around the globe in all sorts of boats as skipper and crew, sometimes winning. She spent seven years at sea, sailing 34,000 miles aboard a small, simple boat and learned the most essential ingredient aboard is a good sense of humor. She and her husband Garth Wilcox are currently building a boat for more cruising adventures. www.wendyhinman.com

For more seminar details, visit:
https://seattleboatshow.com/seminars/

To buy tickets: https://seattleboatshow.com/buy-tickets/

When she’s not presenting, you can find her autographing and signing books at the Captain’s Nautical Booth up on the concourse. Come pick up your guidebooks, tide books and take home some great sea stories.

Once again I look forward to participating in the Seattle Boat Show and selling/signing my books at Captain’s Nautical Supply booth up on the concourse.

Seattle Boat Show FEBRUARY02 – FEBRUARY10 | 2024

Besides presenting, I will be selling and signing my books at Captain’s Nautical Supply booth on Fridays and weekend days, as well as women’s day on Monday 2/5/24 when women can get into the show for free.

I will be presenting on these dates, times, and topics:

Saturday February 3, 1-3pm Moderator, Offshore Cruising Panel
What does it take to voyage offshore? How do you prepare and cope? Find out from a panel of experts, who have thousands of miles of ocean experience voyaging around the globe. In this group there’s representation of cruising aboard simple and complex boats; monohulls/multihulls; with/without children; various waters, including inland waterways, Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Oceans; cold/warm waters; recent voyages and ones from longer ago; and part-time/full time offshore sailing experiences.

Monday February 5, 12pm Keeping Your Relationship Afloat
A happy crew makes for a happy voyage. Venturing off in a boat puts new pressures on even well-established relationships. Don’t let 24/7 start feeling like a life sentence. Learn techniques for addressing the diverse needs of a crew and dissipating tension aboard so that you can enjoy the places you visit and an unusual way of traveling there. Wendy Hinman, award winning author of Tightwads on the Loose and Sea Trials, shares the wisdom she gathered during her 7-year 34,000 mile voyage aboard her 31-foot cutter as well as years racing and cruising in all manner of boats with her husband and others. She discusses how to find balance in a small, sometimes violently rocking environment, while facing the new challenges that cruising can present and keeping a sense of humor. How to balance diverse personalities and needs aboard.

Monday February 5, 1-3pm Moderator, The Making of a Sailor Women’s Panel
Featuring a panel of women sailors with various levels of experience revealing how they evolved into the confident sailors they’ve become.

Saturday February 10, 1-3pm Homebuilding a 38-foot Modern Wooden Sailboat
Wendy Hinman and Garth Wilcox sailed 34,000 miles aboard Velella, a light displacement 31-footer. Drawing his skills as a professional naval architect and experience gleaned in a circumnavigation of the world in a 40-foot double ender that barely survived a shipwreck, Garth designed his dream cruising boat. Learn about the process they’ve undertaken to build a 38-foot boat in their backyard.

Speaker Bio:
Wendy Hinman has published articles in a variety of publications and is the award-winning author of two hit books: Tightwads on the Loose and Sea Trials. She is a regular speaker at yacht clubs and boat shows around the country and her presentations are filled with examples and infused with humor. She grew up sailing and has cruised and raced in venues around the globe in all sorts of boats as skipper and crew, sometimes winning. She spent seven years at sea, sailing 34,000 miles aboard a small, simple boat and learned the most essential ingredient aboard is a good sense of humor. She and her husband Garth Wilcox are currently building a boat for more cruising adventures. www.wendyhinman.com

For more seminar details, visit:
https://seattleboatshow.com/seminars/

To buy tickets: https://seattleboatshow.com/buy-tickets/

When she’s not presenting, you can find her autographing and signing books at the Captain’s Nautical Booth up on the concourse. Come pick up your guidebooks, tide books and take home some great sea stories.

2023 Edmonds Art Festival
Father’s Day Weekend • June 16-18

10-7 FRI & SAT 10-5 SUN

700 Main Street • Edmonds, Washington

The Edmonds Arts Festival has grown from a small community art fair to one of the most prestigious in the Pacific Northwest, attracting artists from across the nation and Canada. The Festival provides a unique opportunity for patrons to meet artists and purchase their work in a beautiful outdoor setting overlooking Puget Sound. The Festival offers free live entertainment, a juried gallery art exhibition and sale, a nationally-recognized juried student art exhibit, and a hands-on children’s art activity area. Don’t miss this fun festival and the chance to meet local authors and artists.

The Edmonds Bookshop will feature authors of compelling stories you’ll want to take home, including these.

For more details about the Edmonds Bookshop authors at the Edmonds Arts Festival, please visit: https://edmondsbookshop.indielite.org/event/edmonds-bookshop-edmonds-arts-festival

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Wendy Hinman will be presenting again this year at the Seattle Boat Show.

Women’s Panel on the making of a sailor on Monday 2/6, 2023 at 3-5pm.
Cruising the Inside Passage through BC to Alaska on Friday 1/10/2023 2-3pm.

For more about the seminars, visit: https://seattleboatshow.com/seminars/

When she’s not presenting, you can find her autographing and signing books at the Captain’s Nautical Booth up on the concourse. Come pick up your guidebooks, tide books and take home some great sea stories.

Wendy Hinman and Garth Wilcox will be sharing snippets of their boat building adventures about the Garth Wilcox designed 38-foot wooden boat they are building in their backyard workshop.

(Velella, the boat they sailed around the Pacific will also be featured in the show. Here’s an article Wendy recently wrote about Velella and her Legacy.)

Building a 38-foot Cold-Molded Boat Saturday September 10 at 11:30am. Presentation details here.

Catch the inside scoop about people currently building a modern 38-foot cold-molded wooden boat in a backyard workshop. Adventurers Wendy Hinman and Garth Wilcox spent 7 years sailing 34,000 miles around the Pacific aboard a light displacement 31-footer in which Garth could not stand or sit comfortably. After this voyage with his wife and an earlier one around the globe with his family as a teen, Garth felt he had done sufficient “research” to determine what kind of boat he might want to build for his next voyage. Using his skills as a professional naval architect and experience gleaned in a circumnavigation of the world in a 40-foot double ender that barely survived a shipwreck, Garth Wilcox designed his dream cruising boat. Together with his wife and sailing partner Wendy Hinman, he is building a boat for future adventures. Find out what they are building and why. Learn about the choices they’ve had to make and the process they’ve undertaken to build this boat. You may notice that many decisions and boat features of their new boat were inspired by their little voyager Velella, which will be featured in the festival, along with photos of her construction and adventures.

Here’s more about the 45th Annual Wooden Boat Festival:

Sept 9-11, 2022

Hours: Friday & Saturday: 9 AM – 6 PM, music & dancing ’til midnight; Sunday: 9 AM – 5 PM

Escape the every day.
Adventure along with Wendy Hinman through her books and her engaging presentations that feature vivid photos of exotic locales from multiple offshore voyages and adventures around the globe.

Contact her to arrange a virtual or in person event today. Past events include books clubs, libraries, conferences, yacht clubs as well as business and community service meetings.

Speaker bio:

Wendy Hinman is an adventurer, speaker, and the award-winning author of two books: Tightwads on the Loose and Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire.
Tightwads on the Loose tells the story of her 34,000-mile voyage aboard a 31-foot sailboat with her husband. It has been called a “cult classic,” admired for its unaffected style and refreshing humor, and named a Readers Favorite. Sea Trials details the harrowing round-the-world voyage of a family who must overcome a shipwreck, gun boats, mines, thieves, scurvy and hunger to achieve their dream. It’s a timeless story of grit and resilience. Sea Trials was named a Kirkus best book as well as a Foreword Review best book. As the Kirkus starred review describes, “her engaging narrative succeeds in capturing the thrills and frustrations of this intrepid family. Taking in remarkably far-flung destinations such as Christmas Island and the New Hebrides, this exhilarating book should appeal to any would-be explorer. Highly readable and sufficiently evocative to sense the scent of sea air in the pages.” Read the full Kirkus review here. (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/wendy-hinman/sea-trials1/)

For topics and more info, visit http://wendyhinman.com/speaking/

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT.
You can still view recordings of Seattle Boat Show seminars here: https://seattleboatshow.com/seminars/

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Once again I look forward to participating in the Seattle Boat Show. I plan to present on Friday 2/4 and Sunday 2/6 and spend weekend days signing my books in the nautical bookstore booth up on the concourse.

Seattle Boat Show FEBRUARY04 – FEBRUARY12 | 2022

My Seminars will be:
Friday February 4, 2pm Cruising the Inside Passage through BC and SE Alaska * (Or watch online later with the show package.)

Cruising the Inside Passage through BC to Alaska: Wendy Hinman will share highlights cruising to Glacier Bay, Alaska and back. These remote cruising grounds feature natural phenomena like glaciers, waterfalls, and hot springs; as well as wildlife including whales, bears, otters and more; and a native culture like no other. Get a taste for the possibilities and how to make the most of the time you have to enjoy them. This talk will include favorite spots, tips for trip planning, an overview of resources available, and potential pitfalls to help you prepare.

Sunday February 6, 1pm Keeping Your Relationship Afloat *
(Or watch online later with the show package.)
Keeping Your Relationship Afloat: A happy crew makes for a happy voyage. Venturing off in a boat puts new pressures on even well-established relationships. Don’t let 24/7 start feeling like a life sentence. Learn techniques for addressing the diverse needs of a crew and dissipating tension aboard so that you can enjoy the places you visit and an unusual way of traveling there. Wendy Hinman, award winning author of Tightwads on the Loose and Sea Trials, shares the wisdom she gathered during her 7-year 34,000 mile voyage aboard her 31-foot cutter as well as years racing and cruising in all manner of boats with her husband and others. She discusses how to find balance in a small, sometimes violently rocking environment, while facing the new challenges that cruising can present and keeping a sense of humor. A happy crew makes for a happy voyage. How to balance diverse personalities and needs aboard.

** NOTE: You can watch the presentations online with the Boat Show Package. If you purchase the Seminar package for the 2022 Seattle Boat Show. Your pass includes an admission pass that will get you into all 9 days of the show, February 4th through the 12th, a Waggoner Guide, a Boat U.S. membership, and 3-month access to all recorded fishing, boating, and sailing seminars (including Boat Show University classes!). If you haven’t purchased your $99 Seattle Boat Show Seminar & 9-Day Pass package yet, click here to order. Please complete your registration for the Seminar Library website below, and be sure to provide your mailing address so we can ship you the Waggoner Guide and Boat U.S. Membership.

Speaker Bio:
Wendy Hinman has published articles in a variety of publications and is the award-winning author of two hit books: Tightwads on the Loose and Sea Trials. She is a regular speaker at yacht clubs and boat shows around the country and her presentations are filled with examples and infused with humor. She grew up sailing and has cruised and raced in venues around the globe in all sorts of boats as skipper and crew, sometimes winning. She spent seven years at sea, sailing 34,000 miles aboard a small, simple boat and learned the most essential ingredient aboard is a good sense of humor. She and her husband are currently building a boat for more cruising adventures. www.wendyhinman.com

For more seminar details, visit:
https://seattleboatshow.com/seminars/

To buy tickets: https://seattleboatshow.com/buy-tickets/