Changing Course

A Woman's Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life

By: Debra Ann Cantrell

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Paperback | 9 September 2003 | Edition Number 2

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"The essential first step for all couples planning to sail away; this is a must-read."--Paul and Sheryl Shard, authors of Sail Away! "Changing Course is the first book that honestly evaluates the transition to life afloat."--Beth Leonard, author of The Voyager's Handbook Debra Ann Cantrell faced a dilemma when her husband proposed living and cruising on a boat. She would lose a career she loved and, she feared, everything by which she'd defined herself. She wondered how others had made the decision to go cruising and how their choice affected their lives. Her search for answers led her to more than a hundred women, over a five-year period, whose partners had proposed the cruising life. Changing Course chronicles the odyssey of making a major lifestyle change from land to sea. This thought-provoking and highly personal book explores what women stand to gain when they set forth on such a journey--and what they stand to lose if they do not. "Excellent preparation."--48 Degrees North "A solid resource for cruisers...Cantrell's sensible advice is reassuring, positive, and affirming."--Southwinds "Fresh and honest, and the author is warm, enthusiastic, and encouraging. "--Good Old Boat "Poignant and highly inspiring."--Women's Sailing Foundation

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"Changing Course is first and foremost a primer in rational decision-making. The focus of the book is the question: to cruise or not to cruise, a question Cantrell considers most difficult for women. [But] the book is helpful regardless of who wants to go and who hangs back." - Points East; "Changing Course is aimed at the process of making this major decision about your life. Cantrell's professional skills as a counselor and educator are well exercised in this volume. Above all, she offers reasonable answers about challenges and risk-taking, Many readers will find a safety net inherent in her approach to cruising..." - 48[degrees] North; "Ask any couple living aboard an average-size cruising boat: men troubleshoot; women problem-solve. Men need to know what; women need to know why. Men prefer to learn by doing, figuring out things as they go along; women are more comfortable figuring out how things work before swinging into action." - Sailing

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Acknowledgments	p. iv
Introduction	p. 1
Going Cruising: An Odyssey of Change	p. 3
A Model for a Lifestyle Change	p. 19
The Most Common Concerns	p. 38
What's in the Cruising Lifestyle for Me?	p. 65
Managing Fear	p. 78
The Cruising Couple: Interpersonal Dynamics	p. 88
Leaving Life on Land: All or Nothing Is a Choice	p. 108
Attention, Initiating Partners	p. 120
Sixty-Four Ways to Make Cruising More Rewarding	p. 139
Because You Asked ...	p. 151
Nothing Is Forever	p. 170
Demographics and Procedures	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 183
About the Author	p. 186
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A Woman's Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life

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