Uh...DOug...I said he shouldn't have changed his plans for them...should
have sent them home...and they were not American women...and since when does
an Etchell's have a head to fix???? I thought they were open daysailors....
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katysails wrote:
If that was the plan, then when your friend showed up with his women you
should have spoken up and explained yopu were not prepared for
non-sailors
and that there would be no facilities so therefore they should change
their
plans and go to the beach or something...you are not obligated to
inconvenience your plans for others....by trying to be nice, you ended
up
being a jerk....stop trying and just be yourself....

Fixing the head would be a good option too...

For some years we kept spare foul weather gear aboard... not the real
good stuff, but adequate for unprepared guests for most weather. We had
one friend show up with one of those K-mart ponchos and insisted he was
OK with that... man did he ever get soaked!

I don't agree that Bart should have changed his plans for guests he
wasn't even expecting. What were his obligations to them? American women
are too spoiled, they expect to be catered to for no reason.

But OTOH it is a good idea to show newbies that sailing is fun... they
can find out about the torture part later! Bart, you may have chased
away potential future crew.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King