San Francisco -- and I was talking specifically about the sea music scene, not sailing in general. I'm not alone by any means, but most of the women sea music performers I know concentrate on forebitters & such, not chanteys per se. I have a fairly gutsy voice and a good low range, so chanteys work well for me.

I'm the short one in the skirt in the Dogwatch Nautical Band (the one with the dulcimers and the really odd* concertina).

Claire

*McCann system duet -- not that I can actually *play* duets; I've never gotten truly comfortable with the left hand fingering