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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

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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

She shoots, she Scores… GOAL!

Posted onApril 22, 2010January 2, 2024AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Last Friday, I submitted a file (only ten minutes late) that represented almost a year of hard work. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, SailingTagsCape Cod Surprise, Carol Newman Cronin, Snipe Women's Nationals

Guest Post: Where Books Meet Boats

Posted onMarch 22, 2010February 9, 2023AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Kim Couranz takes time off from her day job in communications at NOAA to sail with me. This week we’re bringing a new Snipe up to speed, and she took time off from boatwork and reading to write this post. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Snipe

Of Books and Boats

Posted onSeptember 15, 2009December 10, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Last Friday my two worlds-sailing and books-met here in San Diego. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Sailing, SnipeTagsbooks, Carol Newman Cronin, Oliver's Surprise, San Diego, Snipe Worlds

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