"John Ryder" wrote
You can't be a sailor...Your a girl..
I mean a female sailor..Thats just stupid.

You're right. Well, sorta. I'm a female sailor. But I was just pulling your leg.
I'm not the Ellen MacArthur in that web site I put the link in to. But, that Ellen does
look like a boy, doesn't she? But, she's really a girl. And she's a very good sailor.
She's won sailboat races going all around the world. She's beaten lots of men.
Compared to you I'm poor. I only sail a little sailboat. Only 18-feet long.
But, it's fun. Probably more fun that a great big one that you can't sail by
yourself. It's OK having pilots and captains and servants but it's a drag too.
Everybody doing things for you all the time. No privacy. Manners. No fun at all....

Cheers,
Ellen