Jonathan,
I think you are absolutely right. Most women who crew are not interested in paint and gelcoat and sail plans and rigging intricacies and racing tactics. But maybe they would be interested in a forum for women only where they can ask questions and get answers about crewing, sailing gear, camping, bringing the kids to the regattas, participating on race committee, what to pack for the weekend, camping vs. staying in motels, how to be a part of their spouse's interest in sailing even if they do not want to participate themselves, how to convince their husband to get a boat that they want to crew on instead of the boat the husband wants. And also a place to commiserate with other sailing wives about having to put up with "the other woman," (the sailboat) and how their spouses do not care about getting involved in their wives' activities so why should we care about supporting the men in theirs, etc., etc.

But, on the other hand, there are women skippers and crews who are VERY involved in racing and very competitive, so why are they not posting on this open forum? Where are my sister and Susan Korzeniewski and Cyndi Bohannon and Kathy Kulkoski and Kathy Clark, and many, many others?

If any women are reading this, it would be nice to hear from them as to why they do not post anything. This is not supposed to be a private men's club here. My guess is that women are too busy to have time to be bothered with reading and posting on forums. So is it that the men have a lot more spare time than women or that their priorities for using their spare time are totally different?