Maybe you're luckier than you think. One of the first times Deborah and I sailed together I was down at the navstation figuring out "nav" stuff. Deborah was steering and, in a calm, gentle voice from the helm, asked "should the toe rail be under water?" I shoulda known I was in trouble right then.
A few years ago, we were in the Gulf off Dauphin Island, Alabama . The admiral was driving and I was trimming (155% headsail only). Winds were mid-teens on the beam. We were heeled 15-20 degrees. Deborah had one foot on the cockpit sole and one foot on the coaming. She kept watching the knotmeter. 7.6! Trim! Trim! 7.8! Yay! New personal record. Trim! Trim! 8.0! 8 knots! Awesome. Trim! Trim! We finally got to 8.5 knots. Another new personal best for her. By this time I was worn out from trimming. The next day she wanted to race another sailboat up a section of the ICW in Mississippi Sound. I was trying to enjoy the cruise and drink coffee. She again urged me to trim, trim, trim. So, be careful what you ask for. :) Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 9:15 AM, 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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