{"id":881,"date":"2012-01-08T15:57:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T22:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindacollison.com\/blog\/?p=881"},"modified":"2012-05-18T13:44:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T20:44:31","slug":"sisters-sail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madhatdesign.com\/newsite\/sisters-sail\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters Under Sail in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s that time of year when a young woman’s heart turns to the sea…<\/p>\n

Taking a break from all my reading about the lives of the women at sea during the age of sail, it’s like a breath of fresh air to return to the 21st century where young women can be found alow, aloft, at the navigation station and at the helm of ships everywhere — and aboard one American tall ship in particular.<\/em><\/p>\n

The schooner Unicorn<\/a><\/em>, owned by Dawn and her husband Jay Santamaria, is the only all-female crewed tall ship in the world.\u00a0 Together with their four daughters — Brynn, Chelsea, Courtney and Samantha — the Santamarias promote traditional tall ship sail training and the preservation of maritime history through executive training programs, festivals and community youth involvement programs.<\/p>\n

In 2005 Dawn founded Sisters Under Sail<\/strong>,<\/a> a non-profit organization whose purpose is to build confedence, enhance self-esteem, develop social conscience and teach the value of working together through sail training.\u00a0 Aboard the 118-ft. topsail schooner Unicorn<\/em><\/a>, plying New\u00a0England and Great Lakes waters, the young women learn to work together to sail a traditional ship and have the adventure of a lifetime, I’m certain!\u00a0 As\u00a0 founder and executive director of Sisters Under Sail<\/a>,\u00a0 Dawn was awarded the 2011 Leadership in Women’s Sailing Award at the USA’s 10th Women’s Sailing Conference last summer. The award is sponsored by BoatUS<\/a> and the National Women’s Sailing Association\u00a0 — see article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Santamaria’s unique sailing program has put aboard nearly 200 women and 400 teenage girls; nearly half of the teens were able to take part through the generosity of sponsors. To find out how to sponsor a teen in 2012 check out SistersUnderSail.org<\/a><\/p>\n

To read about the Sisters at the 2010 Tall Ships Chicago festival see Rick Spillan’s\u00a0 Old Salt Blog’s post<\/a><\/p>\n

This year teenaged daughters\u00a0 of\u00a0 deployed U.S. Military service members are invited to sail aboard Unicorn<\/em> to honor their parents as part of the\u00a0 bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812. \u00a0 See The Fyddye Guides <\/a>Fri. Jul 1, 2011.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“This ain’t no cruise sister, it’s the adventure of a lifetime!”<\/p>\n

Oh, to be young again…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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