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About Carol
“I speak sailing” Carol Newman Cronin is an award-winning author, editor, and Olympian. She has published five books: four novels, and the coffee-table history 100 Years of Gold Stars. Since 2009, she’s maintained Where Books Meet Boats, a weekly blog Read More …
Olympic Broach: The No Good Very Bad Windiest Day
In 2014, a story I wrote about failure at the 2004 Olympics won first place in the Boating Adventures category of Boating Writer’s International’s annual writing contest. It’s probably not a coincidence that it was the most agonizing story I’ve ever Read More …
Remembering Our 2004 Olympic Trials Win
The memories just won’t fade. Read More …
Eight Bells: Robert Otis Bigelow
Saying goodbye to my sailing mentor. Read More …
Losing the Belly Fire: Olympic Retirement
How do you know it’s time to retire? Read More …
America’s Cup: Rod’s Wisdom
“You’re reading this knowing the answer, whereas I currently don’t.” Read More …
Growing Older, Not Up
Growing up, with the Rolex. Read More …
Why it Took 18 Years to Write Game of Sails
A book from my past took over my present, and now it will live on in the future. Read More …
US Sailing Names Seven Sailors to 2012 Olympic Team
I cover Olympic sailing on boats.com’s blog, where this post appears in full. Here’s a teaser…
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E-Publishing is the E-asy Part
Now that Game of Sails has left the nest, how do I teach it to fly? Read More …
