During the Strictly Sail Boat Show in Richmond California, Wendy Hinman spoke with Examiner.com reporter Cindy Warner. Read the full article here.
http://www.examiner.com/article/strictly-sail-pacific-boat-show-historic-richmond-about-friendships
First Place Category Winners for the 2015 JOURNEY Awards
The JOURNEY Awards writing competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Narrative Non-fiction. The Journey Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Awards International Writing Competitions.
We are pleased to announce the 2015 JOURNEY Awards Official First Place Category Winners. Good Luck to them as they compete for the 2015 Journey Grand Prize Award.
⦁ True Action/Adventure: Wendy Hinman – Tightwads on the Loose – A Seven Year Pacific Odyssey
⦁ Enlightenment: Grant Harper Reid – Rhythm for Sale
⦁ Travelogue: Bonnie Rose Ward – Winds of Skilak: A Tale of True Grit, True Love, and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness
⦁ Self-help/How-to: Harish K. Malhotra – Metaphors of Healing
⦁ Volunteer Experience: George DeVault – Fire Call: A Volunteer Firefighter’s Memoir
⦁ Memoir/Journey: H. Alan Day – The Horse Lover: A Cowboy’s Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs
Journey First Place Category award winners will compete for the Journey Grand Prize Award for the 2015 Best Narrative Non-fiction work. Grand Prize winners, blue ribbons, and prizes will be announced and awarded on April 30, 2016 at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala, Bellingham, Wash.
The First In Category award winners will receive an award package including a complimentary book review, digital award badges, shelf talkers, book stickers, and more.
We are now accepting entries into the 2017 JOURNEY Awards. The deadline is February 28, 2017. Click here for more information or to enter.
Congratulations to those who made the JOURNEY AWARDS 2015 FINALISTS official listing.
It’s that time of year again for the Strictly Sail Pacific show. In 2016, it’ll be in Richmond.
Presentations:
Thursday April 7: Comfort Afloat in the Heat of the tropics 2:15, Seminar Room D
Friday April 8: Keeping Your Relationship Afloat 1pm, Seminar Room B
Saturday April 9: Provisioning Tips, 10:30am, Seminar Room D
For more details, visit http://strictlysailpacific.com/ and http://strictlysailpacific.com/speakers/wendy-hinman-2/
I’ll also be signing copies of Tightwads on the Loose at the Authors Booth. Come say hello.
As part of the Corinthian Yacht Club Speaker series, Wendy Hinman, author of Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven Year Pacific Odyssey, will share stories and photos from her 34,000-mile voyage on waters less traveled. Find out how she remained innocent of plotting divorce or murder while sailing 34,000 miles aboard a tender 31-foot boat despite numerous “character-building” opportunities. Though she lived without what most would call necessities, what mattered most was teamwork and a sense of humor.
Her story has been featured in Cruising World, Sailing, and Sail, and featured on the Sailing Podcast. It has garnered great reviews and been selected as a best travel book and won the Journey Award.
For details:
In this episode of StoryJacker, Lyssa Danehy deHart interviews adventurer, traveler, and speaker, Wendy Hinman, author of Tightwads on the Loose.
Tightwads on the Loose tells the story of Wendy and her husband Garth, lured to sea by the promise of adventure. They buy a 31-foot boat that fits their budget better than it fits Garth’s large frame and set sail for an open-ended voyage, never imagining they’d be gone seven years, or cover 34,000 miles at the pace of a fast walk. They live without most “necessities” and learn that teamwork and a sense of humor matter most as they face endless “character-building opportunities.”
There are really two stories happening, the first is the outward adventure and the the second is the internal adventure. We spend this episode delving into the internal experience and how Wendy was able and willing to leap out of the box and into an adventure.
To find your own copy of Tightwads on the Loose, head over to Wendy’s website, wendyhinman.com or you can find her book on Amazon. Wendy also is a regular speaker at book stores, libraries, boating clubs and at writing conferences. If you have the opportunity to go hear her, take it!
(StoryJacker is a production of Creative Human Solutions. Host Lyssa Danehy deHart. Recording and editing by Lyssa Danehy deHart. Music from Garageband Loops. www.creativehuman.me copyright 2015)
Listen to the Podcast here:
https://soundcloud.com/lyssadehart/tightwads-on-the-loose-sj-5
http://creativehuman.me/2015/12/31/tightwads-on-the-loose/
KSER’s Ed Bremer talks with Wendy Hinman, author of “Tightwads on the Loose.” The book is the story of Wendy and her husband’s 34-thousand mile, 7 year sail around the Pacific in a 31 foot sailboat.
Listen to the full interview here:
https://soundcloud.com/90-7-kser/kser-soundlliving-12-18-15-tightwads-hinmanmp3
Amazing women who’ve laid the groundwork for the rest of us . . . In 1897, the first meeting of The League of American Pen Women was organized by Marian Longfellow O’Donoghue (yes, Henry’s niece), who wrote for newspapers in Washington D.C. and Boston. She invited fellow journalists Margaret Sullivan Burke and Anna Sanborn Hamilton to join her in establishing a “progressive press union” for the female writers of Washington. “The Dauntless Three“ brought together seventeen women: writers, novelists, newspaper women, a teacher, a poet and an artist. They hoped that these “active pen women” would find in the group, “mutual aid, advice, and future development” for each other and their careers. The association became The National League of American Pen Women in 1921 with thirty-five local branches in various states. And they are still doing so today.
I’m honored to be presenting to them at their luncheon in March. I’ll share our voyage around the Pacific and my writing journey.
http://www.nlapw.org/
http://www.captainsnautical.com/
Open house for Captains Supplies. Hope to see you there!
We are very fortunate to live in the Seattle Area and have resources like Captain’s Supplies available. They are a terrific resource for our community and are celebrating their new store. They are just down the street from Trader Joe’s in Ballard.
NEW STORE CELEBRATION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 9am to 7pm
Captain’s has moved to Ballard! Join us for a day-long celebration at our new store, two blocks east of the Ballard Bridge. We’ll have coffee and snacks, raffle drawings, and some great deals.
Founded in 1897, Captain’s is the Northwest’s source for charts, books, navigation tools, binoculars, flags, travel supplies, and more!
One Day Only!
S Raffle for Weems & Plath Binoculars S Great Deals on Optics & Telescopes S Huge Book Sale
S Plus, shop our Sale Table of Great
Bargains and Last-Chance items!
Wendy Hinman will be signing copies of her book, Tightwads on the Loose
Our New Store Features:
S While-You-Wait Chart Printing
S Clock & Instrument Repair
S Gallery of Local Art & Photography S Changing Exhibits & Programs
S Community Meeting Space
VISIT US IN BALLARD
1120 Ballard Way NW | Seattle, WA 98107
p. 206.283.7242 | f. 206.281.4921
Hours: 8am to 5:30pm Monday – Friday 9am to 5:00pm Saturday
10am to 5:00pm Sunday
http://www.captainsnautical.com/
Tightwads on the Loose has been selected for the Western Washington University Literature program for Winter Quarter. Here’s the announcement. The program is about to begin.
Local Literature
Tightwads on the Loose by Wendy Hinman
Seven years voyaging on a 31-foot boat and still married!
Wendy Hinman, author of Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven Year Pacific Odyssey, will share stories and photos from her 34,000-mile voyage on waters less traveled. Find out how she remained innocent of plotting divorce or murder while sailing aboard a tender 31-foot boat despite numerous “character-building” opportunities. Though she lived without what most would call necessities, what mattered most was teamwork and a sense of humor.
Join our Book Group
Discuss Tightwads on the Loose with guest speakers and topic experts, then meet the author, Wendy Hinman, on the final evening.
Thursdays, February 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2016
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Olympic College Poulsbo – Room TBD
Cost: $25
My presentation at 6pm on the 25th will be open to the public. Please come!
Wendy Hinman Joins the 50+ authors, at the Search for Meaning Book Festival at Seattle University, an annual festival and nationwide network surrounding the human search for meaning.
Wendy Hinman
“There Must Be More to Life Than This: Creating the Life That You Want”
Location: Pigott 109
Time: 9:00am-10:00am
February 27, 2016
It’s easy to continue through our days following other people’s priorities, but whose life is it anyway? Wendy Hinman, author of the hit travel book, Tightwads on the Loose (2012), will share how her search for a more satisfying life led her from successful business woman and entrepreneur to sailing 34,000 miles aboard a 31-foot sailboat and loving it despite facing many “character-building opportunities.” Through these opportunities she realized that often the biggest challenges are the most rewarding, and are what make us feel most alive. She learned firsthand that we rarely know what we are capable of until we push ourselves well beyond our comfort zone. Though she’s lived without what many would consider “necessities,” Hinman has discovered a sense of humor is mandatory. While we sometimes can’t change our circumstances, we can change how we respond to them and thereby transform our lives in the process. Hinman will share how her experiences shaped a philosophy that guides her life and can offer perspective on yours.
Biography: Wendy Hinman is the author of the hit travel book Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey. A successful business woman and entrepreneur with an insatiable curiosity and zest for life, Hinman has never been willing to settle for the usual. A quest for adventure took her on a seven-year Pacific odyssey aboard a 31-foot boat with her husband during which she faced endless “character-building opportunities.” Yet she fell in love with voyaging so much she hardly wanted to return, despite the fact that her husband could barely stand inside their tiny boat and, in stormy conditions, it occasionally turned into their own private torture chamber. Fortunately, she did return to share a humorous take on their adventures afloat and perspective on life in her book, Tightwads on the Loose. Hinman is an inspiring speaker, who offers refreshing philosophy and insight on following our dreams wherever they may lead. More information can be found at www.wendyhinman.com.
