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katy
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katy wrote:
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It was really my mistake, I knew he had kids and rarely does anything
without them.
About your cockpit, seating is not a problem but somebody is always in
front of the winch, etc. You always have to reach over someone to
adjust the mainsheet (it is in the companionway). You dont find
reaching around people to tend sheets to be a hassle?
The kids on the bow probably was a mistake but otherwise they woulda
been in the cockpit or on cabin top, etc. Inside for long meant quick
seasickness.. They were tied in with lifejackets on.
Asign people jobs...we had 5 kids, 4 boys and 1 girl...they need to be
kept busy..12 and 9 is old enough and strong enough to use the winch or
to tail...problem is, you don't delegate but run the whole show by
yourself...no one will ever learn to sail with you because all they can
do is watch...were you this bad when your 16 year old took Driver's Ed?
It's just like that (only really not nearly as dangerous...you can
make bigger bloopers in a sailboat than you can in a car and get away
with it...) And no, reaching around people, or telling them waht you
want them to do doesn't bother mme i the least...I'm great at telling
people what to do...maybe that's what you need...a cruise director!