What do you guys do when cruising? I often hand over the helm when we are heading across the Bay and then tell her where we want to go (follow the line on the screen.....) and then take a nap or do something down below. Just ask her to alert you if there is something she doesn't understand. If you go off course somewhat, so what (in the middle of the Bay)! She should be as good as you in seeing obstacles and such. If the boat heels, then alter course so it doesn't do that so much (for a while). Pretty soon, she will tire of having to be so alert and give it back or she won't and then you'll have to negotiate.
For the last few years, we have made a trip to Baltimore - about 35-40 miles. I drive up to Kent Narrows and weave our way through the buoys and under the bridge. When we are in clear water, I am done. She drives to the river entrance and if we are lucky, all the way up to town. Last year, it was a broad reach turning into a close reach all the way - no tacks for 20+ miles. She drove. And then did most of the way back. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin DeYoung via CnC-List To: Jean-Francois J Rivard ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Wife dosen't like it when the boat leans I heard of a boat named "Ruthless". The guy's wife's name was Ruth. Then there was the famous race boat, "FUJIMO". IIRC it stands for "F*#$k you Judy I'm moving on." Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 2:03 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Wife dosen't like it when the boat leans 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: 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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