Pat Henry, Author and Solo Circumnavigator, as a Grandmother, Opens New Sailing School in Puerto Vallarta for Women Seeking Confidence Building as well as Qualifying to Manage a Cruising Sailboat on Their Own

Pat Henry opens new women's sailing school in Puerto Vallarta staffed by world class female sailors who have more than 400,000 miles offshore, much of it solo. The School, COMING ABOUT, has been created for women who would like to bareboat charter, or who have acquired a boat they want to be able to sail on their own, or for those who are planning a short-handed offshore cruise and want the skills to feel comfortable in the face of potential full responsibility.

PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO February 23, 2004 -- March 26, 2004, will see the first Coming About program participants arrive in Puerto Vallarta, on the West Coast of mainland Mexico, for an innovative, nine-day course designed to create confident, capable women captains.

The new program has been developed by a team of highly accomplished women solo sailors, with more than 300,000 open ocean miles, and is led by circumnavigator/author Pat Henry. Henry became the tenth woman in history to complete a solo voyage around the world in 1997 and received the Joshua Slocum International Society's Golden Circle Award for her accomplishment.

Course presentations are built on the group's unique experiences and insights and focused on demystifying the experience of sailing, navigating, and managing a boat---safely, confidently, and quietly. They believe success is found in passion and commitment as much as experience, according to Henry.

Direction and support for Coming About is being provided by Rowayton Group LLC, a private equity firm whose principals, all with strong roots in sailing, endorse values which both support and enhance the objectives of the program.

Coming About has been created for women who would like to bareboat charter, or who have acquired a boat they want to be able to sail on their own, or for those who are planning a short-handed offshore cruise and want the skills to feel comfortable in the face of potential full responsibility.

Operations for the program are based at the new Banderas Bay Yacht Club (Marina Vallarta) founded in 2003 by Preston Hollander of the Rowayton Group and Alfonso Aguilar, a well-known leader in Mexican sailing circles.

The boater-friendly waters of Banderas Bay have welcomed West Coast sailors for more than fifty years. Today there are three marinas on the bay, two yacht clubs, and a fully-equipped modern boatyard. With close to 150 square miles of protected bay water, afternoon practice sessions will take place in near perfect sailing conditions under clear skies and against a backdrop of jungle covered mountains. Fifteen-knot afternoon breezes provide end-of-the-day spinnaker runs often accompanied by visiting whales--down for the winter from Alaskan waters. The final live-aboard three-day cruise takes participants to pocket beaches and small villages along the north and south shorelines.

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Contact Information:
Pat Henry
011-52-322-222-4119
Coming About...any woman's sailing school
Puerto Vallarta * Mexico

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