Send her here to the east coast. We'll teach her.
We deal with people like that every day.
S.


"Jonathan Ganz" wrote
in message
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: Hey, here's an on-topic post.... sorry.
:
: I had a student yesterday who just does not seem
to get
: it at all. She spent nearly 2 hours rigging a
very simple
: Holder 20. Literally, a main, a jib, and that's
about it.
: Most students take 30 minutes tops the first
time out. It
: seemed like everything was a struggle for her.
:
: I'm not sure how to proceed. When we finally got
out on
: the water, she did ok, but was very hesitant
with almost
: zero self-confidence, especially about gybing,
even though
: the wind was very light on the lake.
:
: I hate to dissuade her completely from sailing,
but I also
: hate having her waste her money on lessons.
She's had
: two other instructors prior to me, and took the
full basic
: sailing class. Obviously, she's trying really
hard... said
: she wants some independence from her husband,
her
: own hobby, etc. I talked to one of the other
instructors,
: and he said basically the same thing... doesn't
know
: why she's having problems like this... didn't
know what
: to do.
:
: She's got the basic book, she can usually tie a
bowline
: the first time in about 5-10 seconds, but then
she gets
: totally stuck on a stopper knot (fig 8). I saw
her take
: 3-4 minutes to do it right, even with me talking
her
: through it and showing her countless times.
:
: Has anyone had a student like this? What did you
do?
:
: 10 NG pts for a workable solution.
:
: Jonathan
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