"Rosalie B." wrote in message
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"Bryan" wrote:

Well, Isabelle and Ellen are little girls, so is my wife, she weighs 120
pounds. They do not bench 350 pounds and will never be stronger or bigger

You can call your wife a girl if you want to, but I don't think
Isabelle and Ellen are actually little girls. They are little or
small or petite women. I don't see what benching 350 lbs has to do
with anything. I don't think my husband can do that either, and
neither can most men (or boys).

Well Rosalie,

Girls are girls and boys are boys and symatics are symantics. When I spoke
of the fairer sex I spoke in terms of brute strength, girls (sorry, gentle
ladies) are not as strong as boys (Ooops, gentleman) in general but as
witnessed by the success of girl (Darn, gentle lady) sailors that does not
matter when sailing. If I miss a spot please feel free to substitute girl
with any of the following lady/woman/madam/Miss/Mrs/Ms/gentle lady.......



than most guys. That said, they are great sailors with substantial
acomplishment, more than I will ever achieve. They also sail very large
boats with no power winches, huge rigs, in very demanding conditions. So
if these girls can sail large boats, why can't a couple cruise a 50, 60,
or
70 footer as a team? When cruisng you have the benefit of going in good

If something happens to one of the team the weaker member should be
able to handle the boat alone.

I agree completely but what does the size of the boat have to do with
handling it? Gear is sized accordingly and none of us can bench 350, well
most of us.


weather versus racing when you leave when the race starts. What exotic
gear

If you are doing a long passage, you probably are going to run into
weather regardless of when you leave or how carefully you watch the
weather.

If you are on a larger faster boat your chances of sailing in bad weather
are greatly reduced.


is on a Vendee that is not on a typical cruising boat?

They have better communication gear and someone is monitoring their
progress.

So? You still have to sail the boat not the guy (sorry gentleman) on the
other end of the radio. I doubt Herb is coming to help.

You sound like fun Grandma Rosalie!


"Armond Perretta" wrote in message
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Bryan wrote:
Honestly guys, I gotta laugh at some of this advice. Many claim you
can't handle larger yachts without huge crew, exotic gear, and mega
wallets. How many folks here have lived on, sailed, docked, bought,
or maintained 50 footers, 60 footers, or 70 footers? Look at the
60's racing non-stop around the world by little girls.

That's what most of us do. Look at 'em. BTW, do _you_ do anything
different?

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Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare

grandma Rosalie