Sailing the Great Escape-Que Barbara! (Sailing Que Barbara!)
For five years, Barbara Fleming and her husband sailed their forty-foot catamaran ¡Qué Bárbara! around the Caribbean and across the Pacific Ocean, ultimately to Australia. She held a US Coast Guard captain’s license from 2005–2010. Sailing the Great Escape—¡Qué Bárbara! is her first book in a series that chronicles their escapades.  Prior to her reluctant embarkation, she was self-employed as a licensed financial advisor in Tucson, AZ, serving the investment needs of over 500 clients. Before a change of careers, she had worked for twenty years in various educational, public relations, marketing, and fund-raising capacities in museums around the country.  She grew up in Cleveland Heights, OH; graduated with a BS degree in biology from Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA; and earned an MBA from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.  Her Certificate of Achievement from the American Sailing Association hangs on her wall.  She continues to take Spanish lessons twice a week and sails now on other people’s boats.