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Audi Q5 wins over deer

Deer in the Headlight: Better Lucky than Good

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014March 23, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

The less exciting a regatta road trip is, the better. Read More …

CategoriesSailboat Racing, TravelTagsAudi, Carol Newman Cronin, cross-country, deer, Q5, road trip, Snipe

High Summer: Making Those February Dreams Come True

Posted onJuly 10, 2014July 21, 2022AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

High summer is the time to bring those midwinter dreams to life. Read More …

CategoriesSailing, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, high summer, Narragansett Bay, New England, summer

Bonus Days: Morphing Snowstorms into Practice

Posted onFebruary 19, 2014October 27, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Bonus days of sailing are even more special during the off-season. Read More …

CategoriesSailing, SnipeTagsCarol Newman Cronin, friends, practice, Snipe, weather

Light air upwind Snipe tuning

Boats, Books, and the Pursuit of Excellence

Posted onJune 28, 2013October 27, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

How can so many people—most people—be content to make the same mistakes over and over again, rather than striving to be better? Read More …

CategoriesSailboat Racing, Snipe, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, pursuit of excellence, racing, Sailing, Snipe, writing

Hammer Nutrition hydration

Drink to Win: Fizzy Hydration from Hammer

Posted onJune 18, 2013August 18, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

My new favorite Hammer product might surprise you—especially when you open your water bottle. Read More …

CategoriesSailing, SnipeTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Hammer Nutrition, hydration

The Shape of a Story

Posted onMarch 10, 2012May 21, 2019AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

Several years ago, I wrote a story called “Reading the Shape of the Wind.” In it I described the different ways breeze fills across the water, as well as the best strategies for winning races in each condition. Recently, it’s Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsBooks Meet Boats, Carol Newman Cronin, fiction, story

From Australia to Chicago and Miami to Rhode Island: A Week of Variety in Books and Boats

Posted onMay 23, 2011June 8, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

I spent yesterday on the couch reading… Read More …

CategoriesBooksTagsCarol Newman Cronin, reading, writing

Self-Sufficiently Grateful

Posted onNovember 30, 2010June 8, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

I like to think of myself as a self-sufficient person. Read More …

CategoriesSeasonsTagsCarol Newman Cronin, grateful, gratitude

Blogging 101: A Look Back at Where Books Meet Boats

Posted onNovember 14, 2010September 15, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

When I first started this blog in 2009, I didn’t have any fixed goals. All I knew was that I’d discovered some cool commonalities between success as a competitive sailor and becoming a published author, and I wanted to share Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Where Books Meet Boats, why I blog

On the Ways with Cape Cod Surprise

Posted onJune 28, 2010June 3, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Ready for the splash? Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, WritingTagsBoston, Cape Cod Surprise, Carol Newman Cronin, Piers Park Community Sailing, Sail Loft

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