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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