The comments in the other threads about the physical demands of
sailing are apt. Other than Larry (who apparently keeps his 250 lb
frame trim by hauling beer and chasing his bikini-clad crew), what do
the rest of you do to prepare yourself physically for sailing?

Steve Hayes

"steve_hayes_maine" wrote in message
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The comments in the other threads about the physical demands of
sailing are apt. Other than Larry (who apparently keeps his 250 lb
frame trim by hauling beer and chasing his bikini-clad crew), what do
the rest of you do to prepare yourself physically for sailing?

Steve Hayes



I have a gym membership... cardio, weights, nothing fancy. That certainly
helps during the off-season. I usually don't have a lot of time for it the
rest of the time and am much more hit and miss with going. I do a lot of
single-handing on my Sabre 30, but it really isn't that much work. When I
have crew along, they're mostly students, so they do the hard stuff. :-)

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I have a gym membership... cardio, weights, nothing fancy. That certainly
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have crew along, they're mostly students, so they do the hard stuff. :-)

I'm VERY new to this, a student of becoming a student.

Re the weights, a hypothetical question. Let's say I'm singlehanding so I
have to do all the hard stuff myself.

I'm assuming that the main upper body muscles worked are your biceps,
lifting, and triceps, pulling?

What's the kind of weight you'd have to be capable of manhandling?

On 13 Feb 2007, "John Reimer"
wrote:

I have a gym membership... cardio, weights, nothing fancy.
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have crew along, . . . mostly . . . do the hard stuff. . .

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Re the weights, a hypothetical question. Let's say I'm
singlehanding so I have to do all the hard stuff myself.
I'm assuming that the main upper body muscles worked
are your biceps, lifting, and triceps, pulling?
What's the kind of weight you'd have to be capable of
manhandling?

Though using the term "manhandling" term and so, possibly, using the
"...ing" portion including, too, in "pulling" maybe to denote on-going
physical action (though the poster doesn't actually so say), note the
apparent absence otherwise from this query of any reference to
comparative speed or to time in any other respect.

Maybe not "hypothetically": While singlehanding in stormy weather, how
much pulling and lifting for how long a period is the sailer
conditioned and able to continue to do if, say, sail changing or a
tangled reefing line or maybe torn and flogging and maybe also wet and
so very heavy sail needs attention?

"steve_hayes_maine" wrote in message
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The comments in the other threads about the physical demands of
sailing are apt. Other than Larry (who apparently keeps his 250 lb
frame trim by hauling beer and chasing his bikini-clad crew), what do
the rest of you do to prepare yourself physically for sailing?

Steve Hayes


I'm getting ready to remove assorted tvs, storage cartons etc off my
treadmill and dust off my Bowflex machine to begin training.

On 12 Feb 2007 14:02:01 -0800, "steve_hayes_maine"
wrote:

The comments in the other threads about the physical demands of
sailing are apt. Other than Larry (who apparently keeps his 250 lb
frame trim by hauling beer and chasing his bikini-clad crew), what do
the rest of you do to prepare yourself physically for sailing?

Steve Hayes

Bowflex 3 times a week and I walk 3 miles a day, outside weather
permitting. I do the 3 miles on a treadmill when weather or scheduling
interferes.

steve_hayes_maine wrote:
The comments in the other threads about the physical demands of
sailing are apt. Other than Larry (who apparently keeps his 250 lb
frame trim by hauling beer and chasing his bikini-clad crew), what do
the rest of you do to prepare yourself physically for sailing?

Steve Hayes

I use a rowing machine (Concept 2) in the winter, and row the hard
dink while cruising. We haven't used an outboard in 6 years.

Unfortunately, the rowing machine was used mainly to pile clothes on
for the last few years, but this winter I been pretty good about
rowing a virtual mile or two every day.

"steve_hayes_maine" wrote in message
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The comments in the other threads about the physical demands of
sailing are apt. Other than Larry (who apparently keeps his 250 lb
frame trim by hauling beer and chasing his bikini-clad crew), what do
the rest of you do to prepare yourself physically for sailing?

Steve Hayes


"The only conditioning for sailing, is sailing." Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

Yeah, that's fine if you can sail daily. The rest of us have to walk
treadmills, row machines, or whatever else it takes to build endurance and
upper-body strength. For me, it mostly consists of thinking about doing some
of those things.

On Feb 12, 3:18 pm, "KLC Lewis" wrote:

"The only conditioning for sailing, is sailing." Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

Yeah, that's fine if you can sail daily.

2 or 3 times a week, racing, year round, isn't enough?

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:02:01 -0800, steve_hayes_maine wrote:

what do the rest of you do
to prepare yourself physically for sailing?

The wife rows/swims/bikes and I train marathon/triathlon. We're both
active year-round.