The Bowsprit: Editorial………………………………………………….…....Shelley Wright

The bowspr it

From the editor

Passion and loss (again)...

For the second issue in a row, I write this editorial with immense sadness. Last month, one of our SisterShip tribe, Lynne Dorning Sands, lost her life in a motor vehicle accident while visiting family in Australia.

Lynne is well-known in the cruising world, having circumnavigated with her husband Eric and their two little dogs, aboard their Crowther catamaran SV Amarula.

Lynne was passionate about the environment, and we were pleased to feature her story on plastic debris in the first issue of the relaunched SisterShip Magazine in April 2018 (reprinted in the current issue).

I first met Lynne online through the Women Who Sail Australia group and then later in person at the 2018 WWSA Gathering on the Bay at Port Stephens (where we officially launched the new SisterShip Magazine). I still find it hard to believe she is no longer with us. media after Lynne’s passing is an indication of how loved this kind and caring woman was by those who knew her.

We dedicate this issue of SisterShip Magazine to Lynne.

As we navigate a new year, the team at SisterShip hopes 2023 will see you safe and happy.

Wherever you are on this blue planet, stay safe and, as always, look for the dolphin...

ABOVE: Lynne Dorning Sands (left) and Mandy McLean (right) at the 2018 WWSA Gathering on the Bay at Port Stephens, NSW, Australia.