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![]() "Frank Maier" wrote in message om... "Donal" wrote: "N1EE" wrote: ...snip... It should be easy for one person to steer it. True, but it would be difficult for that person to go forward in a hurry. They would have to climb up on to the sidedecks. As my kids are reaching the age where they might soon fly the nest, I am looking at boats with a view to sailing them two handed. ...snip... Well, I'm not familar with the Dehler line; but I have a generic response to this comment. A self-tending jib is so small that it's good for most wind conditions, right up to the point where you simply need to douse it. There's usually no need to go forward "in a hurry." Pretty much no need to go forward at all. If you have single-line reefing for the main as well, you can pretty much single-hand without ever leaving the cockpit. So, unless I'm not understanding your comment, it's really kinda moot. Could you expand on having to go forward "in a hurry"? I was thinking of going into the cockpit in a hurry, rather than going forward onto the bow. There are occasions when the main doesn't go up smoothly ... or perhaps when trimming a cruising chute, ... even dumping the main in a hurry ..... I dunno, unexpected things happen on boats. My wife is not physically big, and I don't like the idea of not being able to get there immediately. I suppose that there is also another issue. I know many people whose wives (occasionaly husbands) won't go sailing with them in anything but the gentlest weather. ie motorsailing. I'm lucky that my wife will come sailing with me when I say it's OK. It isn't her hobby, so if I want her to come sailing, then I have to make sure that she enjoys it in a risk free environment. That means that I have to be able to reach her before she gets injured. So, that's why I don't like the idea of a big wheel. Don't get me wrong, my wife isn't a wimp. She is excellent crew. It's just that I know too many people who put their wives off sailing by taking them out in innappropriate conditions. I even know one guy who had to sell his boat! Regards Donal -- |
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Donal wrote:
Don't get me wrong, my wife isn't a wimp. She is excellent crew. It's just that I know too many people who put their wives off sailing by taking them out in innappropriate conditions. I even know one guy who had to sell his boat! Sell his boat! Sacrilege! If you have to choose between something that doesn't hit the garage door when parking and something that does, you've got to go with the undamaged door! Cheers Marty |
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Donal declared: =20
-- I know too many people who put their wives off sailing by taking them out in innappropriate conditions. =20 hat kind of wimpy-butted wives are those? Inappropriate conditions? = Good grief...either you sail or you don't. Doesn't matter one iota = whether you're a man or a woman. Inappropriate conditions...my = hiney....Donal, sometimes I really worry about you. katysails s/v Chanteuse 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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Maybe he's talking about having lots of nude female models onboard....
"katysails" wrote in message ... Donal declared: -- I know too many people who put their wives off sailing by taking them out in innappropriate conditions. hat kind of wimpy-butted wives are those? Inappropriate conditions? Good grief...either you sail or you don't. Doesn't matter one iota whether you're a man or a woman. Inappropriate conditions...my hiney....Donal, sometimes I really worry about you. katysails s/v Chanteuse 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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"Donal" wrote:
"Frank Maier" wrote: "Donal" wrote: "N1EE" wrote: ...snip... It should be easy for one person to steer it. True, but it would be difficult for that person to go forward in a hurry. They would have to climb up on to the sidedecks. As my kids are reaching the age where they might soon fly the nest, I am looking at boats with a view to sailing them two handed. ...snip... Well, I'm not familar with the Dehler line; ...snip... Could you expand on having to go forward "in a hurry"? I was thinking of going into the cockpit in a hurry, rather than going forward onto the bow. There are occasions when the main doesn't go up smoothly ... or perhaps when trimming a cruising chute, ... even dumping the main in a hurry ..... I dunno, unexpected things happen on boats. My wife is not physically big, and I don't like the idea of not being able to get there immediately. I suppose that there is also another issue. I know many people whose wives (occasionaly husbands) won't go sailing with them in anything but the gentlest weather. ie motorsailing. I'm lucky that my wife will come sailing with me when I say it's OK. It isn't her hobby, so if I want her to come sailing, then I have to make sure that she enjoys it in a risk free environment. That means that I have to be able to reach her before she gets injured. So, that's why I don't like the idea of a big wheel. Don't get me wrong, my wife isn't a wimp. She is excellent crew. It's just that I know too many people who put their wives off sailing by taking them out in innappropriate conditions. I even know one guy who had to sell his boat! Gotcha. You're comment is that the wheel is so big that it traps the helmsman at his station and restricts him from moving forward *in the cockpit*. That would be a PITA. So wouldn't it be a fairly inexpensive solution to refit a smaller diameter wheel, if you like everything else about the boat? Unlike some Alpha males in the world of sailing, I agree with you about working with your spouse. I love my wife; and if she's not having fun, I'm not having fun. The kids, too. Frankly, it always saddens me to see a 250 lb. guy at the wheel yelling at his 120 lb. wife who's up on the pitching bow trying to manhandle a CQR which weighs 1/3 of her total body mass. Ask her if she's enoying her sail! The vast majority of the time when we're doing something "busy" (raising sail, anchoring, gybing), my wife is at the helm and I do the grunt work. Not that I'm 250 or that she's 120! But that division of labor seems to work for us. Frank |