Try Womanship - they have a school in Annapolis, but hold classes in the 
Caribbean.

A friend went - loved it.

Gary
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tim Goodyear via CnC-List 
  To: Dennis C. ; [email protected] 
  Cc: Jean-Francois J Rivard 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 4:46 PM
  Subject: Re: Stus-List Wife dosen't like it when the boat leans


  Dennis / others,


  Do you have any recommendations for such a course, preferably somewhere warm 
and with some considerable learning opportunities (moving from very competent 
crew to command / self-sufficiency, not basics)?  Bev / other female listers, 
I'd be interested in your opinions too.


  Thanks,


  Tim

  On Sep 22, 2014, at 5:31 PM, "Dennis C. via CnC-List" <[email protected]> 
wrote:


    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.  











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