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Jeff
 
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Default Jib sheet questions and hand wringing

Mys Terry wrote:
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:55:46 GMT, "Dennis Pogson"
wrote:


Wayne.B wrote:

....


If they can't tie a bowline they shouldn't be on a yacht.


Dennis.



Correction: If they can't tie a bowline with one hand they shouldn't be on a
yacht.


Just last season I had to throw my mother-in-law overboard because she
couldn't tie an one handed inverted bowline in the dark in under 5
seconds.

It was a hard decision, but standards must be maintained.