Latitude 38 June 2015
The June 2015 eBook issue of the West's premier sailing and marine magazine.

New Beginnings on Old Wooden Boats

Jennifer Hinkel & Resilience Racing Featured in Latitude 38

Latitude 38 featured this excellent article about Resilience Racing and founder Jennifer Hinkel in the July 2015 issue.

No matter how hard you look in medical literature, you’re not likely to find a chapter on the restorative effects of racing old wooden boats. But cancer survivor Jennifer Hinkel claims that the adrenaline-fueled thrill of blasting around the buoys was the perfect tonic for her as she transitioned to new life goals after battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a teenager. Today, at age 34, she has recently launched the nonprofit Resilience Racing, with the goal of sharing the invigorating effects of racing—especially on classic wooden boats—with dozens of fellow cancer survivors…

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