Wendy Hinman

The Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend is a weekend of boats, music, and fun. The schedule is now posted of seminars and events that make this such a great weekend getaway.

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.

Wendy Hinman will share her seven-year Pacific Odyssey with audiences in Massachusetts:

She share stories and photos in a slideshow at the following locations. The public is invited to attend free of charge at any of these locations.

Here are the dates, times, and locations:

June 22 at 3 pm Atria Marina Place 4 Seaport Dr, Quincy, MA
June 22 at 7:30 pm Woods Hole Public Library 581 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543
June 23 at 10 am The Residences Wingate at 21 Chipman Way, Kingston, MA
June 24 at 10 am Atria Woodbriar 389 Gifford Street, Falmouth, MA
June 24 at 1:30 pm Laurelwood at Pinehills, 10 Golf Drive, Plymouth, MA

Wendy’s dear friend Rachel Greenfield (who sailed alongside Garth and Wendy on a Cheoy Lee Offshore 41 named Horai) will join this stroll down memory lane. Wendy says, “I can hardly wait!”

Please come join the fun; take a vicarious waterborne journey with Wendy Hinman and Rachel Greenfield.

Wendy will also be signing her book, Tightwads on the Loose, at the 24th Annual Mystic WoodenBoat Show on June 26-28, 2015.

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June 26th – 28th, 2015 at Mystic Seaport, Mystic CT

The 24th Annual WoodenBoat Show is shaping up to be our best yet, with many of your favorite exhibitors returning, and many new exhibitors attending. Please join us June 26th-28th at Mystic Seaport Museum and immerse yourself in everything related to wooden boats. Speaking of wooden boats: The docks will be filled with them, including the 64′ double-ended sardine carrier/cruising vessel GRAYLING, which will be celebrating its 100th birthday at the Show.

There is truly something for everyone at the WoodenBoat Show, from the latest and best products, to live skills demonstrations, to building your own boat with Family BoatBuilding, to getting out on the water in beautiful boats, to simply admiring the craft on display. Come for the day or come for the weekend, but don’t miss the 24th Annual WoodenBoat Show!

For details about the show visit:
http://www.thewoodenboatshow.com/

Presentation times and topics:

Thurs 4/9 11:45am Keeping your relationship off the rocks
Thurs 4/9 2:15pm Comfort Afloat in the Heat of the Tropics
Fri 4/10 1pm Tips and Tricks for Preparing to Cruise
Sat 4/11 11:45am Provisioning tips
Sun 4/12 1pm Seven years on a 31-foot boat and still married!

For more detail, visit the show page at http://strictlysailpacific.com/

I will also be selling my book, Tightwads on the Loose at the Author’s Corner along with Fatty Goodlander and Lin Pardey.

Hope to see you there.

Here is the schedule of Wendy Hinman’s presentations:
Keeping Your Relationship Afloat, Friday, Jan 23, 5:15pm
Living Without Refrigeration, Saturday, Jan 24, 5pm
Cruising on a Small Budget, Monday, Jan 26, 4:15pm
Tips and Tricks for Offshore Voyaging, Sunday, Feb 1, 1:15 pm **

**Note: If the Seattle Seahawks go to the Super Bowl again this year, the boat show will end on Saturday and there will be no seminars on Sunday.

For more information, please visit: http://www.seattleboatshow.com/seminars.html?d=2015-01-23