I never knew there was a thing called a catamaran till I was 34 yrs old and started working with Oley.

He talked NON-STOP about all his sailing adventures. So, I was like "take me sailing..let me try". "I will, someday" was his usual response. About 2 years later after asking yet again, he said I could go along to a regatta but "I was not getting on his boat!". After three regattas sailing with other skippers, tearing my hands to shreds from working the spin with no gloves, break downs, the long drives, etc I was still asking when the next race was. FINALLY he let me on his boat! And the rest is history...I AM HOOKED!!

But like a lot of guys have said....it is frustrating to spend all the time taking someone out and them never coming back. When I asked Oley about it-his answer was "wanted to make sure you would stay with it...I was tired of training crew".

I don't have the answers...just thought I would share how I got into the sport.