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No potshots from me, but a couple of comments that I hope are
constructive.

We're taking
the Captain's classes beginning in a couple of weeks. That won't make
us better sailors, necessarily, but it will add to our skillsets.

The USCG tests for licenses assume that you have proven to be
experienced and competent in the service that you are testing for and
to a large extent just attempt to make sure there are no gaping holes
in your knowledge. Courses for the licenses tend to assume much the
same and cover a lot of ground very quickly. I wonder if it might not
be more appropriate to look at classes intended for novices rather
than professionals.

she tells folks, now,
that she wasn't in condition to stand watch, but didn't fetch me to
either take over or assist. We'll not make that mistake again.

This is critical. I've had two acquaintances die because their less
competent partners failed to wake them in difficult conditions. In
one case the boat was run down by a tow and in the other dragged onto
a lee shore. The husbands and their boats were lost in a large part
because their wives wanted to let them rest. I continually remind my
crew that she must wake me whenever she has any questions or doubts
and I try very hard to praise her each time she calls me even though
most calls are false alarms. Sleep management and watch
responsibility may be the hardest part of sailing short handed.

-- Tom.

As a general rule, women cannot be trusted without supervision aboard a
sailing vessel. They just seem to have a flippant mindset that spells
disaster. Granted, there are and have been a few exceptions to this rule
but very few indeed. Susan Hiscock comes to mind as one, Ellen MacArthur
as another, then there's Lynn Pardee but it's difficult to list any
more. I have this theory that most women find sailing a bore and
secretly don't mind wrecking the vessel hoping to be able to get back
ashore asap.

Wilbur Hubbard

....
As a general rule, women cannot be trusted without supervision aboard a
sailing vessel. ...

Total BS. I trust Maryann with my life regularly. I've sailed with
many competent women and it is not uncommon to see cruising boats out
there run by partners where the woman is the better sailor. In the
local high school sailing league girls have proven time and again that
they are at least as good as the boys at the varsity level.

-- Tom.

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...
As a general rule, women cannot be trusted without supervision aboard
a
sailing vessel. ...

Total BS. I trust Maryann with my life regularly. I've sailed with
many competent women and it is not uncommon to see cruising boats out
there run by partners where the woman is the better sailor. In the
local high school sailing league girls have proven time and again that
they are at least as good as the boys at the varsity level.


Oh, I'm not talking about some ridiculous varsity sport. I'm talking
about coastal or off shore cruising where watches are taken so one or
the other partner may grab some sleep. If you're honest, you will not
help but notice there are far more men lone-handing than women. Is it
because men would rather sail alone? In a few cases that may well be
true but, for the most part, men who would dearly love to find a
trustworthy sailing partner of the opposite sex cannot fine one because
women simply are not interested. What kind of a life is living aboard a
small yacht for a woman anyway? It's the very antithesis of what
womanhood is all about these days. Gone are the days when the majority
of women were more interested in being a helpmate for their husband than
being a beauty queen set upon a throne for the whole world to admire.
Overwhelming vanity and hedonism is what the modern-day woman embodies.
Even the paltry few of those who are interested in yachts and cruising
seem to be looking for a short cruise and not some long-term cruising
lifestyle. Hence. they just don't take sailing seriously long enough to
develop into skilled sailors. Those are the facts. Keep trusting your
Maryann. One of these days, probably in the near future, she will let
you down. The odds are very good that she will, at least.

Wilbur Hubbard

Wilbur ,, you are once again absolutely right on. Women on a sailboat?

What a waste of good pussy.

No wonder we haven't dropped any nukes lately. What the heck is happening
to this country.

Sailing is a man's sport. Period. We men need our "time" away. Doing
men's things; farting, drinking excessively,
wearing panty hose, putting on lipstick, mooning other boats, .... just
being MEN.

At the end of a hard day at sea, we want nothing more than a cold drink, a
hot piece of ass, and some food.

That is where we need our women. At the yacht club picnic area. By the
time we arrive they have been drinking
wine for hours. Most are so drunk, they can not stand up straight. So, we
do what men have been doing since the first yacht club was started; we take
advantage of the situation, screw someone's girlfriend, or wife. Yes!
There is nothing more pleasureable than doing the wife of the bank president
or having the good fortune to have Becky, the dock girl, sucking your
pecker.

Dressed in our blue blazers, with white pants, a Harveys Bristol Cream in
one hand, and a good cigar in the other, we get to enjoy our time together
talking about the important matters such as Biff's education or Tyler's new
black girlfriend.

I would rather be run down by a tramp steamer than put up with the constant
whine of an unreliable crewmate.

On a long voyage, there just isn't anything more manly than sitting next to
John, your accountant, and realizing you have always had a crush on him.
The two of you under the stars, watching the compass, ........

Reminds me of this movie about sheep farming ... never could figure out why
the sheep were so happy.

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...
As a general rule, women cannot be trusted without supervision aboard a
sailing vessel. ...

Total BS. I trust Maryann with my life regularly. I've sailed with
many competent women and it is not uncommon to see cruising boats out
there run by partners where the woman is the better sailor. In the
local high school sailing league girls have proven time and again that
they are at least as good as the boys at the varsity level.


Oh, I'm not talking about some ridiculous varsity sport. I'm talking about
coastal or off shore cruising where watches are taken so one or the other
partner may grab some sleep. If you're honest, you will not help but
notice there are far more men lone-handing than women. Is it because men
would rather sail alone? In a few cases that may well be true but, for the
most part, men who would dearly love to find a trustworthy sailing partner
of the opposite sex cannot fine one because women simply are not
interested. What kind of a life is living aboard a small yacht for a woman
anyway? It's the very antithesis of what womanhood is all about these
days. Gone are the days when the majority of women were more interested in
being a helpmate for their husband than being a beauty queen set upon a
throne for the whole world to admire. Overwhelming vanity and hedonism is
what the modern-day woman embodies. Even the paltry few of those who are
interested in yachts and cruising seem to be looking for a short cruise
and not some long-term cruising lifestyle. Hence. they just don't take
sailing seriously long enough to develop into skilled sailors. Those are
the facts. Keep trusting your Maryann. One of these days, probably in the
near future, she will let you down. The odds are very good that she will,
at least.

Wilbur Hubbard

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Total BS. I trust Maryann with my life regularly. I've sailed with
many competent women and it is not uncommon to see cruising boats out
there run by partners where the woman is the better sailor. In the
local high school sailing league girls have proven time and again that
they are at least as good as the boys at the varsity level.



I agree....as long as the waves are small, the wind is light and the loads
aren't heavy....or, as in the sailing league, the boat is small.

At sea, in heavy weather, my 255 pound ass isn't big enough much of the
time. I can't imagine a woman trying to get the main down in a 40 knot
gale with rain pounding her and the deck boiling up around her. That's
just not right, women's lib or no women's lib. She'll never be as strong
as a man....sorry.

Thinking otherwise, though politically wonderful, is foolhardy and
dangerous.

Larry
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"Larry" wrote in message
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" wrote in
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Total BS. I trust Maryann with my life regularly. I've sailed with
many competent women and it is not uncommon to see cruising boats out
there run by partners where the woman is the better sailor. In the
local high school sailing league girls have proven time and again that
they are at least as good as the boys at the varsity level.



I agree....as long as the waves are small, the wind is light and the loads
aren't heavy....or, as in the sailing league, the boat is small.

At sea, in heavy weather, my 255 pound ass isn't big enough much of the
time. I can't imagine a woman trying to get the main down in a 40 knot
gale with rain pounding her and the deck boiling up around her. That's
just not right, women's lib or no women's lib. She'll never be as strong
as a man....sorry.

Thinking otherwise, though politically wonderful, is foolhardy and
dangerous.

Larry
--

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.

"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
news

"Larry" wrote in message
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" wrote in
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Total BS. I trust Maryann with my life regularly. I've sailed with
many competent women and it is not uncommon to see cruising boats
out
there run by partners where the woman is the better sailor. In the
local high school sailing league girls have proven time and again
that
they are at least as good as the boys at the varsity level.



I agree....as long as the waves are small, the wind is light and the
loads
aren't heavy....or, as in the sailing league, the boat is small.

At sea, in heavy weather, my 255 pound ass isn't big enough much of
the
time. I can't imagine a woman trying to get the main down in a 40
knot
gale with rain pounding her and the deck boiling up around her.
That's
just not right, women's lib or no women's lib. She'll never be as
strong
as a man....sorry.

Thinking otherwise, though politically wonderful, is foolhardy and
dangerous.

Larry
--

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.


The trouble is it's been recently proven that women's brains are smaller
and, as a consequence, women are less intelligent than men.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0322060241.htm
Particularly important is the way women's brains are inferior when it
comes to spatial cognizance. Simply put, women get lost easier. Not a
good trait for somebody navigating a small vessel.

It has also been proven that women, even if they are the same size as
men, have weaker muscles. It is well known that a woman who weighs 150
pounds has more of that body mass taken up with fat than the average 150
pound male who has less body fat and more muscle. Men's muscles, size
for size, are stronger than women's muscles.

So forget going head to head with men. Instead, be a good girl and
concentrate on giving head. It's the path to womanly success.

Wilbur Hubbard

It has also been proven that women, even if they are the same size as
men, have weaker muscles. It is well known that a woman who weighs 150
pounds has more of that body mass taken up with fat than the average 150
pound male who has less body fat and more muscle. Men's muscles, size
for size, are stronger than women's muscles.

So forget going head to head with men. Instead, be a good girl and
concentrate on giving head. It's the path to womanly success.

Wilbur Hubbard

My Dear Wilbur,
You are forgetting about the fat in some men's head.

As you seem to have a bent for exhibiting a schoolboyish fascination
for the physical reproductive aspects of women that I have noticed in
many of your posts, may I suggest that you put away your dictionary
that has the words "bum", "vagina", "sex", "penis" and other such
sexual terms underlined, disengage yourself from your apparent
enchantment with onanism, and avail yourself of professional help.
They can be found on many street corners.

There are times when I read your responses to queries, as well as some
of your posts, with some respect. Then you make comments to a female
poster which reveal your need to be disliked, further strengthening
and proving to yourself your low self esteem and your need to say to
yourself 'See Mummy, nobody wants to play with me".

My kindest regards to your inflatable lady wife.

I remain
Please don't come south of the equator,
Peter Hendra

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 19:04:11 -0500, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:

Thinking otherwise, though politically wonderful, is foolhardy and
dangerous.

Larry
--

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.

What do you mean "someday'? I have been doing as I have been told by
my owner for thirty years, but then I come from a country where the
current and last Prime Ministers are women - New Zealand.

Besides, how many men could stand at the wheel for over 20 hours
without once leaving it in heavy weather when the new autopilot
stopped working? My owner has.

Another thing. Many cruising couples reveal that when it is time to go
to the top of the mast, it is the woman who does so. I am expert at
calling out instructions from below. Besides, I know where the tools
she needs are.

When the prop is fouled by a net, a line or a plastic bag (woven
plastic rice bags are the worst), then the owner is urged over the
side - my reasoning - woman have more subcutaneous fat than men and do
not so readily sucumb to the cold. Besides, everyone knows that sharks
do not attack women as readily - something about their smell.

Lastly, women can be yelled at and sworn at during docking or
anchoring - quite common in my experience. If you treated a male
friend like that you would be sailing alone or lying prone often.

cheers
Peter Hendra

"Peter Hendra" wrote in message
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On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 19:04:11 -0500, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:

Thinking otherwise, though politically wonderful, is foolhardy and
dangerous.

Larry
--

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.

What do you mean "someday'? I have been doing as I have been told by
my owner for thirty years, but then I come from a country where the
current and last Prime Ministers are women - New Zealand.

Besides, how many men could stand at the wheel for over 20 hours
without once leaving it in heavy weather when the new autopilot
stopped working? My owner has.

Another thing. Many cruising couples reveal that when it is time to go
to the top of the mast, it is the woman who does so. I am expert at
calling out instructions from below. Besides, I know where the tools
she needs are.

When the prop is fouled by a net, a line or a plastic bag (woven
plastic rice bags are the worst), then the owner is urged over the
side - my reasoning - woman have more subcutaneous fat than men and do
not so readily sucumb to the cold. Besides, everyone knows that sharks
do not attack women as readily - something about their smell.

Lastly, women can be yelled at and sworn at during docking or
anchoring - quite common in my experience. If you treated a male
friend like that you would be sailing alone or lying prone often.

cheers
Peter Hendra

Ha! :-)