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Books : Changing Course : A Woman's Guide to Choosing the Cruising LifeIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $12.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.36 You Save: $2.59 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 797 EAN: 9780071427890 ISBN: 0071427899 Label: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: August 12, 2003 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Studio: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Sales Rank: 80344 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: "[A] well-researched, gracious and truthful account." --Georgian Bay Today When her husband proposed living on a boat full-time, Debra Cantrell wondered what other women in her position had done and began a five-year study to find out what choices they had made and how it had all worked out. The result is Changing Course, a guidebook for navigating this odyssey. No matter what the outcome, each woman was strengthened by the experience. In an era when "downshifting" is common and people are considering the benefits of simplified living, Changing Course is both timely and practical. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not what the description says it is ...It brings me no joy to be so critical about a book, but I finally just stopped reading this one. This reads more like a research report or science project that about anything to do with discovering change. The book is so withdrawn from it's subjects it repeatedly calls these ladies husbands' their mates. I got through half the book only to learn it repeats itself, its data and its findings over and over again from one survey respondent to the next. If you're into research, this appears to ... Read More Rating:  - Very helpfulMy partner and I have a long term goal of sailing on a liveaboard. I ordered this book to gain insight on the psychsocial aspects, not just from a technical aspect of sailing or outfitting a vessel. I have read several books related to those topics. I found this book to be an easy read, as importantly as sailing as a "team", it does provide insight to relationships on land as well! I would highly recommend this book as a relationships abroad book. Rating:  - Its more for women who are married than single women/menContrary to what the title Changing Course : A Woman's Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life says, this isn't really a book for women who are single, don't care to have a partner etc. Its for women who are married and basically the issues that a couple will have when living on a boat in such small living quarters. Am still looking for the book someone has written, that deals with the single person who chooses a compact life living on a boat, much like we did when in college. But if you can over look ... Read More Rating:  - Floating Marriage CounselorA little less psycho babble and a bit more logistical information would have suited me better. Ms. Cantrell spends the majority of the book being a relationship/marriage counselor, and though it's true issues become larger in smaller spaces, there are more issues for women cruisers than just their relationship dynamics. As I said, practical logistical information would have suited me better. Rating: - Fast Read and Very HelpfulI read this book in a day, it was very interesting and informative. It gives some great advise about what to think about before you go cruising whether you're totally into it or apprehensive. Browse for similar items by category:
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