On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:37:28 +0000, Larry wrote:

Ever heard of Julia Hazel from Australia?

Julia, who is now about my age, took a welding course, came home and
welded a 30 foot steel boat by herself ( - and made a good job of it).
At the time she couldn't afford an engine so she set off and sailed
solo right around the globe without one. To move around when there was
no wind she used a yulow (long single oar) out the stern. At the time
Julia looked stunning and petite in a bikini. Funny thing is she also
has a brain. She documents computer systems and programmes for a
living.

cheers
Peter

"KLC Lewis" wrote in
news7mdnUMdSM8eBIzbnZ2dnUVZ_qiqnZ2d@centurytel. net:

I'll go head to head with most men any day of the week, Larry. My boat
is sized for what I can handle. Nevertheless, your gendertyping
doesn't take into account that there are plenty of women who are
bigger than some men. Or even the average man, for that matter. And
some day, we shall rule the Earth.



Some women are Russian Mud Wrestlers. But, alas, these are NOT the
beautiful biological specimens I have longingly observed aboard yachts,
over many years of longing observations, thank God.

"WHERE'S THE BEEF?!" (Clara Pell)

If one were to poll the assembled females observed sailing in and out of
Charleston Harbor, over a period of many months, one would find them 120#
soccer moms, some married but some foolin' around, who MIGHT be able to
pull 30# on a genoa sheet and NOT be able to crank the winch handle, in
high torque mode on a 2-speed winch, in a 25 knot wind.

These are the women to which I'm referring....not Russian Mud Wrestlers
capable of retracking a halftrack in Moscow in January.

Larry