On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:39:13 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
<wilburhubbard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>"Gregory Hall" <greghall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:200ff8.6nr.19.1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>A recent posting by Rosalie B. solidified my opinion that women and
sailing
>>just don't mix. It's a crying shame that some sailormen are burdened
with
>>women that they will never be able to please but have to carry as a
burden.
>>
>> This is what I am referring to. Rosalie B. wrote: "I would have said a
>> smaller boat myself - either a CSY 33 or 37. But that's not what Bob
>> wanted, and the love of a specific boat isn't rational."
>>
>> So, right away it seems that the poor man is viewed as irrational for
>> wanting the boat he wanted, not what she wanted. Right off the bat, a
>> source of contention?
>>
>> And then she wrote this: "I find both sailing and fi****ng a little bit
>> boring. I go with Bob because I think he wants me to go, and I think
he
>> needs me to go. I would be just as happy at home. BUT - if I go
sailing,
>> I want a boat that is comfortable to live on, not just someplace to
camp
>> out on the water."
>>
>> Again the poor man's sailing is ruled by a spouse who doesn't even like
>> sailing. She finds it 'boring.' She only tags along because she thinks
>> she's wanted. She'd rather be at home but in lieu of home she wants a
>> floating home. While her loyalty is admirable, being a man myself, I
think
>> I would quickly come to understand that she wasn't really too keen on
>> sailing and that she was doing it only because she thought I needed
her.
>> This would do little to bolster my self-esteem and it would make me
feel
>> like I had to carry the entire burden when sailing. How could I really
>> enjoy sailing when I knew my mate didn't enjoy it? How could I enjoy
>> sailing when I had to sail a floating home with a new problem to
address
>> every day just to make her happy? Sort of ruins the experience for a
man,
>> doesn't it?
>>
>> And she continues: "It's not that fixed a schedule - it is only that if
we
>> don't go to a marina, one of us has to cook, and that's not going to be
>> me. So I try to plan so that we can go somewhere that Bob doesn't mind
>> going and I would like to see and where we can pull in and go to a
>> restaurant for dinner. A plan is not the same as a schedule."
>>
>> A woman who doesn't cook? What's up with that? What good is a woman who
>> doesn't cook aboard a boat? The poor man! He must be a saint to put up
>> with what he puts up with. Even to the extent that he has to sail the
boat
>> to places just because she wants to see them or to eat at a particular
>> restaurant. I couldn't live like that, could you?
>>
>> Then there's this gem: "I don't like outboards (we have two), and I've
>> never claimed to be a sailor - pure or any other kind."
>>
>> Imagine how the poor husband feels. He has a wife who proudly proclaims
>> she's no sailor. In other words the entire burden is his. Not only
that,
>> but along with his woman comes a lot of baggage, so much so that one
>> cannot see overtaking vessels because of the large and high pile of
stuff
>> abaft the helm that can't be seen over. Not only is this dangerous but
>> it's unnecessary if only the woman was a sailor. A sailor would not
abide
>> dangerous conditions such as that, would they?
>>
>> My intent is NOT to pick on Rosalie because, in many ways, she's a
loyal
>> and remarkable woman. But, my intent is to simply point out how women
and
>> sailing don't mix. It really is too bad that this is so often the case.
Is
>> it any wonder that real men are so often found plying the oceans of the
>> world lone handing?
>>
>> Wilbur Hubbard
>
>
>I wish you'd stop trying to impersonate me, Greg. You're just trying to
get
>Rosalie B. to hate me. But I think she already does hate me anyway. She
was
>pretty short with me in that post you got the quotes out of.
>
>Wilbur Hubbard
>(the real Wilbur Hubbard aka Gilligan, Simple Simon, Bluto, Olive Oyle
and
>oh so many more)
>
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