Q&A: What's Eileen Up to Now? Like Jimmy Buffett, She Bought a Trawler (Audio)

Wandering Minstrel of the Islands Reflects on a Niche Music Career

Eileen Quinn released five CDs during her 12-year cruising career. Degrees of Deviation includes the songs ​"​Tomorrow I'll Go Cruising​," "Get Me Through This Night​," When I Was a Mermaid​," "Gotta Regatta​," “​My Grandma and Grandpa Went to Sea,” “Radio Widow​" and "Tender Bridge Tender​."​

For 12 years, Eileen Quinn was the wandering minstrel of the …