Back to the original question actually... that's one of the sad features
of my student. She's terribly out of shape. I'm hoping she showes for
the class starting up today, because the peer group pressure will force
her to use what's left of her muscles.

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"j" ganz @@
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"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...
I always insist that the crew manually hoist to their limits .... then
winch
the remainder. The girls are quite adept and develop strength in a hurry.
I
rotate the crew a lot so each one has experience in a variety of tasks.

Generally speaking the guys ... I agree, will have a tendency to try and
'macho' their way through a task... the girls will tend to think their way
through. Either way.... I've seen girls that are very physically
competitive and guys that are more intellectual in their approaches.

From Deck Gorillas to Deck Ornaments..... they are crew and thus
expendable. ;-)

CM


"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
| The only major difference I've seen is that men tend to believe that
| they can do things with muscle power that should be done with
| leverage or a winch. Whereas women understand that they don't
| have the upper body physical strength to do something, so they
| tend to use a winch, etc. if they're so instructed. Men tend to
| ignore this the first few times.
|
| --
| "j" ganz @@
| www.sailnow.com
|
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
| ...
| I don't find any gender based differences in the learning curves of
the
| kids
| that sail on Overproof. They all seem to be eager to learn and enjoy
the
| responsibilities that come with knowledge gained.
| Some kids are quicker studies in some aspects but it generally levels
| itself
| out.
|
| I can't say I have seen much difference between adult men and women in
| regards to learning to sail either... except maybe that some are
quicker
| studies than others. Nothing gender based though.
|
| I've never had a problem aboard since I never raise my voice to crew
| unless
| it's due to prevention of a dangerous situation... and never in anger.
I
| always explain things and expect input from the crew at all times.
|
| CM
|
| "Pony Express" wrote in message
| k.net...
| | I would say that of the kids we teach, the girls
| | tend to learn more quickly, but do have a tendency
| | to be less interested in racing.
| | S.
| |
| | "katysails" wrote in
| | message ...
| | : Bart, you are one sad, poor man....
| | :
| | : It is plain
| | : that learning is less important to girls, while
| | boys pay
| | : attention and learn.
| | :
| | : Bull****
| | :
| | : Young girls are emotional and spend all their
| | time thinking
| | : about boys, cloths, getting married, and
| | children.
| | :
| | : Bull****
| | :
| | : girls don't pay attention and rarely
| | : have career goals when they are young.
| | :
| | : more bull****
| | :
| | : ...and the rest is just more and more of the
| | same crap......
| | :
| | : You hang around with very strange women if
| | that's the impression you have of
| | : them....the women I know are directed, goal
| | oriented people with carefully
| | : planned out careers...they have climbed up the
| | ladder to the positions they
| | : hold...
| | :
| | : Unfortunately, Heinlein's little quip isn't
| | really a truism....Many women do
| | : not do as they please...they try to please
| | men....they have been taught
| | : culturally that that is the way to
| | succeed...those are the women you speak
| | : of...women who have been trained by men to act
| | that way....Stepford
| | : Women....So don't complain about the monsters
| | that you have made...(for
| | : examples, just read some of Horvath's posts
| | regarding women...)
| | :
| | :
| | :
| | :
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| | : Kirie Elite 32
| | : http://katysails.tripod.com
| | :
| | : "Women and cats will do as they please, and
| | men and dogs should relax
| | : and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein
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