SuburbanDharma said:"sailing isn't that difficult..."
Really? Spoken like someone who was probably sailing before they were riding a bike and doesn't remember just how complicated it is. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
No, I just started sailing about 5 years ago.. I remember well. I spent a week with a skipper on 38' catamaran, and then took it from there. 3 of those days that week there was no wind so didn't really learn "sailing" much those days. Before that, our family had a little 14' boat with a main and a gib when I was a kid and I kinda got the basics of how things worked on that. But that was 35 years before the cat.
She says she is an experienced sailor.. well, if so, then it ain't going to be that hard.
There's a gib sail, a main sail, a furler, a halyard, 2 gib sheets, a main sheet, and travelers.. and there's a motor to use if you don't want to raise the sails. I still say it ain't that tough.
Now, 1000's of miles under my belt.. never broke the boat.
I should edit that to "40 years before the cat".. time goes fast..
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