Category Archives: Follow your Dreams

Just ask Santa . . .

If you are looking for gift ideas, or someone asks you what you’d like, Santa knows the perfect book to put under the tree. Wendy Hinman’s hit book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey, details her seven year … Continue reading

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When the weather outside is frightful …

Wendy Hinman’s hit book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey, details her seven year adventure afloat. You can find it in paperback, eBook and audio, too! Her second book, Sea Trials tells the gripping story of her husband … Continue reading

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Pssst … I have a gift idea for the adventurer in your life

Wendy Hinman’s hit book, Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey, details her seven year adventure afloat. You can find it in paperback, eBook and audio, too! Her second book, Sea Trials tells the gripping story of her husband … Continue reading

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Wendy Hinman Q & A with Author Joy Held

Books By My Friends Featuring Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire by WENDY HINMAN Joy E. Held, Nov 29, 2022 publication Welcome to Books By My Friends, Wendy! Happy to have an adventurer on board … Continue reading

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2022 Wooden Boat Festival

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 … Continue reading

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Sea Trials coming soon in Audiobook Format

COMING SOON!!!! Enjoy Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire in Audiobook, narrated by award-winning narrator Eric G. Dove*. The entire family can listen to this epic tale together. About the Book: A shipwreck might end … Continue reading

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Tips for Offshore Sailing

Here’s a fun interview I did a while back. This was before my two award-winning books came out, but otherwise it stands the test of time. Filled with tops for preparing an offshore voyage aboard a small sailboat. Interview with … Continue reading

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Now Broadcasting Author Show Interview with Wendy Hinman

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Getting back to “Normal”

What is normal anyway? As many have received vaccines, case counts decline, and we reach the end of Pandemic Lockdown, there’s talk of returning to normal. But what is normal? What constitutes normal for us is a series of routines … Continue reading

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Speaking with Confidence

Wendy Hinman is a sought-after speaker who has been presenting throughout the country for a number of years. She frequently presents her entertaining tales at libraries and private clubs around the US. She also regularly presents at yacht clubs and … Continue reading

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