correct physique as in physical strength, sorry about my "spellin". Yes I do feel that sailing particularly single handed is not easy and a womens natural strength is always going to be less than their counterparts.

Mind you met a couple of Dutch ladies on holiday ( yes they did share a room ) of which one of them could carry the record number of logs up the stairs to the fireplace. One tough Dutch D***. Mind you she had a great sense of humour. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />