On Friday December 18th from 4-5pm, Wendy Hinman will be featured on Sound Living with Ed Bremer on KSER Radio 90.7. Find out he she managed to live for seven years about a 31-foot boat, without being guilty of plotting murder or divorce.
Listen or call in to ask questions at 425-303-9070
http://www.kser.org/program/sound-living-0
Looking for a unique holiday gift? Check out her intriguing book, Tightwads on the Loose, about her seven years exploring the Pacific under sail with her husband.
Friday Jan 29, 6pm: Cruising on a Budget
Sat Jan 30th, 11am: Living Without Refrigeration
Monday Feb 1, 2pm: Keeping Your Relationship Afloat
Friday Feb 5, 1pm: Tips and Tricks for Offshore Voyaging
On Saturday, November 28th, Wendy joined the Indies First effort at Eagle Harbor Book Company, along with David Guterson and Lynn Brunelle.
One of the book lovers we met did a blog post about it on his fun blog called “What do I Know?“
The Hansville Writing Group is sponsoring an author event from 2-4 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Hansville Community Center, including Wendy Hinman, Author of Tightwads on the Loose.
As every author knows, you need to get your book out in front of the public so they will want to read the book, so we are sponsoring the North Kitsap author event on Dec. 6 at the community center. We have 14 authors in our group and several other local authors will join us too. Among them will be:
• Mary Van Valkenberg, “An Unforeseen Journey”: Tales of the pioneering spirit among the early settlers on Decatur Island in the San Juan Islands.
• Wendy Hinman, “Tightwads on the Loose”: A seven-year Pacific odyssey — the exciting story of two vagabonds who explore far-flung islands and civilizations for seven years aboard a 31-foot wooden boat.
• Betty Alder, “Old Parents and Purple Tulips”: Navigating the maze of caregiving, dementia, sibling conflict and guns.
• A.C. Fuller, “The Anonymous Source”: A year after 9/11, New York City court reporter Alex Vane uncovers the scoop of a lifetime, but the $500 million secret he discovers could cost him his job, and his life.
• “The Hansville Historical Society”: History of the town and people of the North Kitsap Peninsula.
• All these wonderful authors as well as stories from the Hansville Writing Group: Memoirs, fiction stories, poems and essays written by members of our group.
Don’t forget that this month there is another event you might want to mark on your calendar: The arts and craft show on Nov. 14, and then, that night, the wine tasting and auction.
Aren’t we lucky to live in an area where we have a community center that provides us with so many activities and opportunities? I’m pretty sure you agree with me when I see the great attendance at the Hansville Community Center Happenings.
For more details, please visit:
http://www.kingstoncommunitynews.com/opinion/338821692.html
“Sail away with the intrepid Wendy Hinman and her humorous and ingenious insights about life at sea.” Chanticleer Reviews
Wendy Hinman’s engaging book is featured in
Chanticleer Magazine‘s fall issue.
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 some of the 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.
Date: Wednesday, October 21st.
Place: Deer Lagoon Grange Hall
Time: 6:30 pm
6:30 Chips & Dips
7:00 Presentation: Wendy Hinman, author of Tightwads on the Loose
http://swyachtclub.org/events.php
Seven Years Before the Mast
Wendy Hinman relates in her book Tightwads on the Loose the story of her and husband Garth Wilcox’s epic sailing voyage that more than tripled Richard Henry Dana’s Two Years Before the Mast.
What began as an open-ended voyage on their 31-foot wooden cutter The Velella, turned into a seven-year, 34,000 mile saga, complete with typhoons, close calls with freighters, potential pirates, phantom night vessels, and even a swim in crocodile-infested waters. Hinman manages to wring humor from this conjugal saga, which touched on nineteen countries–and a lot of ocean.
Copies of her book will be on sale at the event.
Event Date: Sunday, October 25, 2015 – 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: Main Everett Library Auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Everett, WA 98201 Get Directions
For more information visit the Everett Library Website
(http://epls.org/calendar/main-library/4510)
Hosted by Tacoma Community College, Write in the Harbor’s first annual regional writers conference will be held in Gig Harbor, Washington, on Friday and Saturday, November 6 and 7.
The conference kicks off Friday evening at the Tacoma Community College Gig Harbor campus with a plenary session keynoted by prominent author and Pacific Northwest native, Garth Stein. Following his presentation, Mr. Stein will be available to conference participants during an informal mixer and book signing. Saturday activities begin at 8:30am with a master class taught by Garth Stein and panels of agents and editors. A full complement of classes, workshops, and panels focusing on the craft and business of writing, as well as individual appointments with agents are scheduled throughout the day. Mostly Books will be in attendance and have copies of our presenters’ works available for purchase. The conference wraps up with a final hour promoting conversation and networking among conference attendees and presenters. Designed to provide writers with an intimate setting in which to hone their craft, conference attendance will be limited to one hundred participants. Early bird registration ($129) is open from August 1 – September 15, 2015; Regular registration ($159) begins September 16, and is open until October 23. Save $30 by registering early!
Write in the Harbor is a program of the Continuing Education Department of Tacoma Community College (TCC). TCC provides a dynamic learning environment that is recognized for student success, academic excellence and quality instruction. Located at the TCC Gig Harbor Campus (and also serving the greater Tacoma area through select programs on the TCC campus), TCC Continuing Education provides career training, personal enrichment and life-long learning opportunities for adults of all ages in a stimulating and supportive community setting.
Wendy Hinman will be participating in a panel called “What We Wish We Knew About Publishing Then” along with, AJ Banner, Susan Defreitas, Randall Platt
Time: 3:00 – 3:50 pm
Date: November 7, 2015
Title: What We Wish We Knew About Publishing Then
Description: This panel looks at publishing from the writer’s perspective. Seasoned authors will share what they know now—but wished they had known years ago—about the publishing industry.
To see who else is presenting, visit here.
A listener named Tom contacted David Anderson of the Sailing Podcast to say:
“I have been reading Wendy Hinman’s great book, “Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey” and I think she’d be a great guest on your show. Wendy seems like she has all the elements that you like to highlight in your podcasts: a great adventure story, lots of detailed advice on how to cruise, and many entertaining stories. She’s back from her 7-year trip with her husband, and now they’re building their new dream boat to go out again, so I’m sure there’s some interesting stories there that haven’t been told yet. I sure would like to hear more about them and their plans. Can you try to see if you can get her on your podcast? You have a wonderful knack of drawing out such great stories!”
Request granted.
Listen to Wendy Hinman’s interview with David Anderson of the Sailing Podcast.
Also available on iTunes. Listen on iPhone or iPad by downloading from the App Store or listen on an Android Device using Stitcher, which you can download from here: https://www.stitcher.com/download.php.
Photo courtesy of the NW Maritime Center Port Townsend
Here’s the full schedule:
https://39thwoodenboatfestival2015.sched.org/
Wendy Hinman will present two seminars during the festival.
On Saturday September 12th at 9:30 am: Cruising Without Refrigeration in the Olympic Room:
When boating, you are faced with either no refrigeration or a cold box so tiny or unreliable that you have to make tough choices. Wendy Hinman will share tips and tricks she learned while cruising for 7 years without modern conveniences.
On Sunday September 13th at 9:30 am: 7 years on a 31-footer and still married! in the Discovery Room:
A happy crew makes for a happy voyage. Wendy Hinman, author of Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven Year Pacific Odyssey will share the wisdom she gathered during her 7 years aboard her 31 foot cutter with her husband, and offer tips on how to balance diverse personalities and needs aboard. Find out how Wendy and Garth sailed 34,000 miles and remained sane and innocent of plotting murder or divorce, despite facing many “character-building opportunities” along the way. Featuring photos and stories from their epic adventure.
Speaker Bio:
Wendy Hinman, author of Tightwads on the Loose, spent seven years at sea sailing 34,000 miles aboard her 31 foot cutter. After paying off their mortgage before they turned 40, Wendy and her husband, Garth Wilcox, set sail on an open ended journey that took them to 19 countries. They lived without many modern conveniences but discovered what was most important was working as a team and keeping a sense of humor. Before her seven-year voyage, Wendy taught sailing, raced and cruised extensively in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the Hawaiian Islands, Chesapeake Bay, Southern California, Greece, and the Caribbean. Tightwads on the Loose, a lighthearted take on their adventures afloat, has been a best seller and selected as a top travel book. For more information, visit http://www.wendyhinman.com/
In addition to her presentations, Wendy Hinman will be signing books at the author tent.
