On Watch
Carol Newman Cronin
An award-winning author, editor, Olympian and World Champion, Carol Newman Cronin is one of the nicest people in sailing. “I grew up in Woods Hole, Massachusetts (though I spent winters farther from the water),” says Carol. “I started sailing at ten days old, because my parents’ first boat and I (their third child) arrived on the same day. Bob Bigelow was the first guy I raced small boats with. One of my earliest ‘Aha’ memories was when he…