That is so true. Also make sure you have good communication. I did not when I did our first trip. I went forward to do something with the jib and told her to head into the wind. She had no clue what that meant and almost put me overboard. The first night at Marina Cay she did not want to go forward and do the Bo Peep hook (boat hook) so I had to do the chore. When I gave her the go forward signal she slammed the throttle to full when I screamed at her she went full astern. Then she got mad because I yelled at her. I guess when you have been on a boat you have a special language that the flatlanders do not understand.. What ended the trip was coming back from Anegada i asked her to take the helm because I was going on the poop deck to relieve myself. We had a pretty good breeze with one reef and 1/2 a jib. She was not happy being rail down and when she took the wheel the weather helm spun us into the wind. After that we had to take the boat back with 4 days left and ended up at Lamberts. That way i got to pay for the boat and resort. Oh well lessons learned. We now only do Catamarans another couple who knows what they are doing.
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