Don't just send your lady to sailing lessons. Send her to a week long ladies only sailing class. It's a LOT different than taking lessons with a coed group. She will not just get sailing lessons, she will get emotional support, counselling, share experiences with other women, etc. Chances are it will be a much more positive experience for her.
I've had a couple lady friends do it and they absolutely swear it's the only way to learn sailing. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > I'll let you guys know how the lessons help.. > > Racing did not help, she clammed-up even worse for fear that she'd screw > something up. Even if on that particular race, everything that could be > screwed-up was already taken care of so no one really cared. No amount of > screwing-up was going to make our last place any worse. :-) > > Giving her the helm.. Been there done that, same result. > > Talking to other wifes.. It depends, At the club parties it runs the > gammut from enthusiastic sailor ladies to killjoys that never come out > sailing, just show up for parties.. When she runs into the lather all they > say is too hot, too cold, too windy, too sunny, too humid, etc, etc. then > I'm loosing ground. > > I'm banking on the lessons.. Truth to be told, if you're that much not > into the boating thing, just sitting around on a boat is not much more fun > than sitting around anywhere else.. Especially given the fact that on the > lake, when it's (Really) windy, it's usually not very sunny, often a bit > coldish, so you have to look at the big picture to appreciate what's going > on. > > On the plus she's fairly athletic so maybe once she told what's what by > someone else and understands better what's going on she'll get into the > workout / physical side of it and get a little rush that way... > > I guess that's typical boat stuff: one more thing to figure out... > > -Francois > 1990 34+ "Take Five" > Lake Lanier, Georgia. > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > [email protected] > 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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