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Your First Mate/ Deckhand #90887
11/30/06 11:16 PM
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Norman,OK
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Yeah, it is still winter and I need to burn more time.
I have seen other posts on here about people who sail with their significant other, I was just wondering who out there does sail with their g/f,wife,husband,boyfriend.

I had to make sure that was PC, since I know there are some woman sailors on here.

My g/f sails with me on a regular basis and that is actually how I got her interested in me. We had met in Organic Chem but she really got interested when she saw me sailing. That was about a year ago and things are going smoothly, I know that many of you out there have much longer standing relationships going but, hey for a college student a year together is doing well.
She loves to sail and helps me work on my boats all the time. When I asked her what she wanted for Christmas she said a wetsuite so she could sail early next year with me, I think I have a winner!!

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Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: gree2056] #90888
12/01/06 07:36 AM
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Yeah I met my fiancee while sailing, although we hardly sail together anymore... we don't really have time.

You know she's a keeper when the first time you go sailing, you flip the boat 25 feet off the dock and she's swimming down the channel to rescue your flops.

Beware the first pitchpole. And let her drive, dear god just let her drive.

Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: MauganN20] #90889
12/01/06 08:21 AM
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Well, I race AGAINST my ol' man...

and if I ain't mistaken, Sue Korz, one of my heroines, races against her ol' man...

and on my big boat, HE'S the deck squirrel, not I. You might wanna retract the 'deckhand' remark.

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Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: gree2056] #90890
12/01/06 08:27 AM
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41.32 N, 81.35 W
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Been sailing with my wife ever since we met. We've both sailed all our lives, but she's one-up on me in that she's owned/sailed a cat and I haven't...yet. We met on a blind date, and she was hooked after proudly proclaiming she did not drink hard alcohol and only liked beer, to which I replied that that was nice and that I made beer.

Heard a good spouse story the other day during an interview with an author...he got a bad review one time and when the book was returned by the reviewer, his wife took it out back and shot it with a .38. His comment was "that's the kind of wife you want".

Sounds like you may have a winner there...good luck, be kind to each other, and if it's meant to be it will.

Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: gree2056] #90891
12/01/06 08:59 AM
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Cute! But I've got sailing gloves older than she! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Good luck. I snagged my wife by taking her sailing upteen years ago. She quit racing with me tho... something about wanting to stay married!!! Of course I let her drive the Stiletto!

Clayton

Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: Clayton] #90892
12/01/06 09:16 AM
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Cute! But I've got sailing gloves older than she! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Good luck. I snagged my wife by taking her sailing upteen years ago. She quit racing with me tho... something about wanting to stay married!!! Of course I let her drive the Stiletto!

Clayton


Hey thanks for the insight Clayton. My girlfriend raced with me faithfully UNTIL we got married and then she graciously sort of bowed out. I thought all along it was beacause of the dings and bruises of competition. And here we are 25 years later and still married.

Had me fooled <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

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I think I have a winner!!
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Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: _flatlander_] #90893
12/01/06 09:43 AM
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Sailed with my wife once. Distance race as her debut, where we ran into some heavy winds.. Never again on the Tornado!

Now, my first mate is.. well, look at the attachment..

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Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: gree2056] #90894
12/01/06 09:47 AM
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Toronto, Ontario
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Ah love..There is just nothing like getting a new cat...er I mean girlfriend.

Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: pitchpoledave] #90895
12/01/06 09:53 AM
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southern Ontario
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I started racing with my wife a few years ago when we were dating in university. She was completely new to sailing. I new she was a keeper when we had our first high speed pitch pole bearing off to the offset mark. We got the boat up right away. She had a grin from ear to ear, wanting to get back into the race, AND she saved my sunglasses from the drink!


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Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: Rolf_Nilsen] #90896
12/01/06 10:11 AM
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Sailed with my wife once. Distance race as her debut, where we ran into some heavy winds.. Never again on the Tornado!

Now, my first mate is.. well, look at the attachment..


Well....at least...errrr...she's a blond.


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Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: Jake] #90897
12/01/06 11:09 AM
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Just what I was afraid of when I wrote that, Jake <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: _flatlander_] #90898
12/01/06 11:23 AM
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My girlfriend raced with me faithfully UNTIL we got married and then she graciously sort of bowed out.


So you're saying that now your wife is [color:"red"] unfaithful [/color] ?

Better duck, friend! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: gree2056] #90899
12/01/06 11:32 AM
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Its funny how many things the girlfriend will do and the wife won't do. My wife sails with me recreationally as long as the spin stays in the sock. Had her into racing, had a serious collision, she won't race anymore. Good luck with the girlfriend and I agree, if its meant to be you can't screw it up. Later

Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: WindyHillF20] #90900
12/01/06 11:52 AM
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My first date with the GF of about 8 months was at the lake sailing. She went out with me in about 10 knots and we zoomed around for a while. Then I started that whole hull in the air crap and she was a bit scared to begin with but on like the third ride it didn't seem to bother her a bit. She has yet to ride the wire due to some wild crashes last year in 25+ with my normal (all things relative) crew to which she decided we were all freaking nuts. Smart girl there, and a keeper too. Hope to meet yours at the beach next year gree2056. The girls usually desert us when the boats are being set up but a rareing to go once they are.

Peace

M


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Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: NACRADUDE] #90901
12/01/06 12:43 PM
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My GF crews for my main competitor, and did back before we got together. Works out pretty well.

Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: NACRADUDE] #90902
12/01/06 01:15 PM
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The girls usually desert us when the boats are being set up but a rareing to go once they are.



I met my wife at a H16 Nationals and we still race together after 14 years and a couple of kids. If you want to continue sailing I seriously reccomend finding a girl who enjoys it as much or more than you. I know too many people who ended up packing it up altogether or just have to put up with a bunch of crap when trying to go do something that takes so much time like sailing.

My daughter is starting to race with me now, but that is causing some friction because my wife gets upset if I sail without her. Like you said above though, her job on shore is to be our social director. I have always set up the boat and she has the uncanny knack of showing up right as the last knot is getting tied. There is not anybody I would rather have pulling my strings though.

Matt

Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: gree2056] #90903
12/01/06 01:17 PM
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I can not believe what I’m reading.

When I met my wife she made look like she enjoys sailing. She asked me a few times when we go sailing again. She even showed some interest in learning how to sail. It is getting better and better. She was hiking out in 15k winds.

The day we get married her interest into sailing sailed away I’m back where I was.

I NEED TO LOOK FOR CREW EVERY TIME I GO SAILING.

Does anyone feel my pain too???????


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Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: David Parker] #90904
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My girlfriend raced with me faithfully UNTIL we got married and then she graciously sort of bowed out.


So you're saying that now your wife is [color:"red"] unfaithful [/color] ?

Better duck, friend! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Naw, the three sons she bore for us are all pretty good sailors.

They've got to be mine!!! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


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Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: _flatlander_] #90905
12/01/06 01:53 PM
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I had a past g/f that the first time I took her sailing I had to get the boat out of impound and get legal trailer plates (she even paid for them since the DMV wouldn't take plastic) before I even started to get ready. She helped set up the boat. Then after about an hour a summer storm brewed and I couldn't get to land fast enough. We capsized 5 times. After we finally got back to shore and put the boat away and got cleaned up she bought me dinner. After all of that she kept sailing with me until she went away to grad school.

Now, for my wife... she was so scared to go sailing after hearing all of the stories from my sailing friends that she would only go out in 10 kts or less. I like 10+. Anyway, one day we were out it started with light winds but around noon time it kicked up to 15-20 (my kind of day). After about 2 hours of convincing I got her on the trap. Now she doesn't want to be bothered to go sailing unless she can trap out while flying a hull. She has never capsized or pitchpoled so we will see how she handles that when it happens.


Nick

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Re: Your First Mate/ Deckhand [Re: _flatlander_] #90906
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Been sailing with Eileen for over ten years. If we are not on the boat for a couple of weeks she says it is time to sail. She likes it as much as I do. Great crew, puts up with me, likes to win, likes to pleasure sail, trapezes downwind with the spinnaker in any wind, and will help me set up the boat...Keeper.

Later,
Dan

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