Don White wrote:
Jim wrote:

This may hurt, but it could be the reason your friends are too busy to
go boating with you. A bigger, better, more comfortable boat with a
head might be more appealing to your friends. Also, you see fear in
their faces when you speed, slow down.
Jim


This makes sense. When I first started crewing with a guy who went out
and bought a Viking 28 sailboat with little sailing experience or formal
courses, a lot of the ladies were scared to sail with him. He didn't
inspire trust. That's how I got on...my co-worker was a good friend of
his but didn't want to go out unless I (some experience) or another
trusted person went along to rein in the owner. The owner always seemed
to generate one emergency after another...such as too much sail up in
high winds, not knowing the Collision Regs...how to read a chart etc. etc.


So so so true.

I lost track of how many guys I've talked to who said something like,
"the wife used to go out with me but she won't anymore" or "she just
decided she doesn't like it" or "my son likes it but the daughter won't
set foot on the boat"(hands lifted upwards in a gesture of innocence and
confusion). Fact of nature - women have a higher sense of
self-preservation than men. Survival of the species depends on it.

Also, when I tried to point out the necessity of head to the guys here I
was called (more or less)a selfish bee-ach. But that's just another
fact of nature.

I hate PWC's. The NOISE NOISE NOISE NOISE. And, I hate skidoos, same
reason (gimmie a sled of dogs anyday). And I hate those little
motorcycles everyone in Europe seems to drive right up your butt when
you're trying to walk on the sidewalk. And and and . . .