Great advice Joel. I would add that the lessons ideally should be in a smaller, but stable boat. Lessons and time out on our fleet of Ideal 18 (18ft keelboats) transformed my Admiral.
-- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT > On Sep 20, 2014, at 11:09, Joel Aronson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > How comfortable is she sailing the boat? Having sailed with a number of > girlfriends, I found the more comfortable they were at the helm, the less > concerned they were with heeling, gusts etc. Have you tried giving her the > wheel? She can control the heel and you can ease sheets. > > FWIW, When I taught sailing, I stonrgly recommended that spouses be in > different boats because the wives learned and did more. > > Perhaps she would benefit from lessons from a friend or sailing school? > > Joel > > > >> On Saturday, September 20, 2014, Chuck S via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> David, >> Well said. I am learning late in life that many wives don't appreciate when >> a sailboat heels or as mine says, ". . . don't like when it leans". >> And what I find challenging and fun about sailing like short tacking through >> a narrow channel or sailing hard on the wind close hauled, causes my wife >> anxiety or grief. Just when the wind starts getting good, she usually asks >> to go somewhere for a swim. >> >> I recently went sailing w a friend with the same problem. His wife is very >> similar to mine. We've all been friends since before we married over twenty >> five years ago. He wanted to show off his new boat and his wonderful >> country of Holland. His plan; the guys went sailing for 10 days in Holland >> while the wives went touring by car through France. I noticed most sailboat >> crews were guys, many skippers were alone, a very few white haired couples >> and the same number of twenty-ish couples. My friend and I had a great time >> sailing whenever possible and remarked several times when the boat was >> making 8 to 9 knots and heeled to 25 degrees, and we were having fun, "The >> girls would hate this." One leg on the North Sea, we sailed w just the 110% >> downwind in 27 knots wind making 9 knots boatspeed. On the return, we had >> 18 to 20 knots on the nose. Sailing would have taken longer, causing us to >> miss getting a slip, so we motorsailed w a reefed main making 8.3 knots. >> The main steadied the boat so she maintained momentum and sliced better >> through the waves. I remember playing w the vang to get a better shape to >> the top of the sail, because the boat had no traveller. The girls would >> have hated it. >> >> So, I'm looking for suggestions to keep both the boat and the wife, happy. > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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