Re: [Cal_Boats] Females and sailing - was: Cal 40 donation ( or buy very cheap)

Yes, they do! I am married to one... Best-Mark Mark and Terry Rogers "Seirenia", 1966 Cal 36 hull #22 Newburyport, Ma Mobile Marine Electrical Services/MMES Custom Panels www.wewireboats.com ya… [at] aol.com

Hi Sabine, Zuma Jay, a CAL 25 flat top is looking for crew on Sat. Do you want me to ask? It is a great way to get to know what your boat can do. Randy CAL 2 29 [su… [at] yahoo.co.uk] wrote: You guys just need to find humans of the female persuasion who are equally passionate about sailing - they do exist ; - ) Sabine S/V "Night and Day", Cal 25 --- Chris Campbell <cl… [at] charterinternet.com> wrote: > mtkennedy1 wrote: > > > > -my son Mike Jr, who also > > monitors the list, was once given an ultimatum by > his girl friend of > > the time. "Me or > > sailing." > > > > > > > > He made the right choice. > > Chris Campbell > New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

I can add to that! My wife loves it as much as I do.....And she loves to work on the boat. Rebedding windows, wood work and making a great drink are among her specialties. Greg and Ann 1986 P36-2 #101 1976 Cal 34 III #52 (for sale) ----- Original Message ----- From: ya… [at] aol.com To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Females and sailing - was: Cal 40 donation ( or buy very cheap) Yes, they do! I am married to one... Best-Mark Mark and Terry Rogers "Seirenia", 1966 Cal 36 hull #22 Newburyport, Ma Mobile Marine Electrical Services/MMES Custom Panels www.wewireboats.com ya… [at] aol.com

Sail Away wrote: > > I can add to that! My wife loves it as much as I do.....And she loves > to work on the boat. Rebedding windows, wood work and making a great > drink are among her specialties. > Once again, my comment was not about women sailors. It was about women non-sailors. There's an interesting article in the May/June _WoodenBoat_ about Thomas Fleming Day, founder of the original _Rudder_ magazine and organizer of the first Bermuda race (1906). The article mentions that one of the crew in one of the three boats that completed the race was a woman (described by one journalist of the time as "the slender, frail type," to the great amusement of author Rousmaniere). When I was in college, I crewed in sailing club races, often for female skippers, who were far more competent than I. I live in a really pretty community on the shore of Lake Michigan. It's surrounded by recreational opportunities on the water and land. Years ago we interviewed for a secretarial position. One woman said she had recently moved here from the Detroit area and was greatly distressed by the lack of urban amenities. "But then," she said, "I found the Mall, and I felt right at home." She went to the bottom of everybody's lists. Perhaps we can divide the world into those who feel at home in the shopping mall and those who feel at home outdoors. The boat people don't coexist comfortably with the mall people. Chris Campbell

Listees, I won't try to stererotype females and sailing their sailing abilities for anything, but in my experience I have the BEST "First Mate" that one could ask for.... my wife. Brenda will do anything asked of her and a lot of things not mentioned. During one race, we lost the spinnaker halyard when the shackle came unclipped, and she insisted on going up the mast at sea to recover it. She quickly harness up, three of us tailed/hauled her up, and we were ready in a matter of minutes. Later she said she was a bit scared, but her enthusiasm overcame any apprehension. I'm a lucky man. Regards, Michael Duvall s/v Magic, Cal 2-27 Pompano Beach, FL --------------------------------- Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers. Try it now.

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Chris Campbell <clcampbell@...> wrote: > > Sail Away wrote: > > > > I can add to that! My wife loves it as much as I do.....And she loves > > to work on the boat. Rebedding windows, wood work and making a great > > drink are among her specialties. > > > > > > > Once again, my comment was not about women sailors. It was about women > non-sailors. There's an interesting article in the May/June > _WoodenBoat_ about Thomas Fleming Day, founder of the original _Rudder_ > magazine and organizer of the first Bermuda race (1906). The article > mentions that one of the crew in one of the three boats that completed > the race was a woman (described by one journalist of the time as "the > slender, frail type," to the great amusement of author Rousmaniere). > When I was in college, I crewed in sailing club races, often for female > skippers, who were far more competent than I. There were some great women sailors. Sally Langmuir raced Bolero so hard that Baldwin Baldwin damn near sank Audacious trying to beat her in a rough race in the 1963 winter circuit. There were women skippers in Transpac in the 50s. I had a woman oncologist crewing for me one time when she got her long hair caught up in a sheet winch. It was a near thing between her getting scalped and making the weather mark. She was a real looker but needed a ponytail. When I was racing my Ericson 29, I couldn't get good crew so I talked a friend's wife (He had never let her steer) into driving the boat while I did the foredeck myself. She was so determined to do a good job that I never had to even look except to choose the layline. I was a better foredeck crew than I could find and she was a good helmsman. Charlie has the best looking helmsperson in Annapolis. If I was sailing back there, I might try to steal her as he doesn't let her drive when they are racing. I tried to interest my two older daughters into going out for the sailing team or at least volunteering to crew. Guys would love to meet girls who like to sail and they both grew up on boats of mine. Kids, of course, never pay any attention to a parent. Mike Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Michael D <mddfl@...> wrote: > > Listees, > > I won't try to stererotype females and sailing their sailing abilities for anything, but in my experience I have the BEST "First Mate" that one could ask for.... my wife. Brenda will do anything asked of her and a lot of things not mentioned. > > During one race, we lost the spinnaker halyard when the shackle came unclipped, and she insisted on going up the mast at sea to recover it. She quickly harness up, three of us tailed/hauled her up, and we were ready in a matter of minutes. Later she said she was a bit scared, but her enthusiasm overcame any apprehension. I kept a football helmet with my bosun's chair for going to the masthead in a seaway. Cheap insurance. Mike Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96 > > I'm a lucky man. > > Regards, > > > Michael Duvall > s/v Magic, Cal 2-27 > Pompano Beach, FL > > --------------------------------- > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers. Try it now. >