Kaci Cronkhite
Monthly Highlights

Summer 2010: Working on two books and two events! My 9th (the 34th annual) Wooden Boat Festival and my first new event for Northwest Maritime Center.  Find out more at the Festival, September 10-12.

Winter/Spring 2010: Moved Pax to Boat Haven slip C#169. Writing progress and work in Oklahoma and Washington.

Fall 2009: Bought Windspiration Point house at Roman Nose State Park, Oklahoma.

Summer 2009: Spidsgatter research trip to Denmark and Sweden; Pax in Wooden Boat Festival. 

2008 Highlights: Pax launched. New cockpit, sails and interior. Kaci does writing research in Australia and Tahiti.

2007 Highlights: Kaci becomes owner/Captain of Pax, a 28' Danish Spidsgatter built in 1936.  Kim Kavin, president of Boating Writers International interviewed Kaci in Port Townsend for May/June article in International Yachtsman.

More About Kaci

FAQ About International Women Sailing > Pirates, thieves and guns. > Should women carry a gun?

Search the FAQ for entries containing:

We didn't and if I go out again, I wouldn't.  Guns must be declared, or your boat is at risk of seizure in most countries.  Guns are a commodity and are highly valued in some of the countries where you are most at risk of violence. Thieves may attack your boat, just to get the gun.   If I carried a gun, I would practice using it and practice self-defense.  As on land, imagine yourself in a variety of situations and determine if you would really use it, or feel safer.  In harbors, where you are most at risk of attack, you'll need to take your gun ashore, sometimes facing officials who may also want your gun.

Last updated on June 11, 2007 by Kaci Cronkhite