sailors wives - a few questions for them from Dylan

dylanwinter said:
so I wondered if any of you blokes could turn around and ask your significant other to name three good things about being married to a small boat sailor
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I'd love to, but I can't find a significant other due to the sailing, or rather, the boat yard dwelling.

My current significant said "gimmi another tenner and I'll say anyfin' you want me to darlin". I don't know what that means, but I'm running out of money.
 
Good (from SWIMBO view)

can't afford a mistress as boat cost too much
I can never say..."how much did that handbag cost?" as I will always loose when she picks up a boat bill.
She gets lots of "me" time while I go antifoul the boat.

Bad
I'm always away sailing
I sometimes forget she hates force 5 and above
I won't let dogs onboard...although I am slowly losing that battle.
 
Madhatter said:
Ditto

bag of Mc'cains comes to mind:rolleyes:
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haven't got a clue what that means :confused:

My thoughts on this would only give me more grief, so this is just register my support for Ninky's comment. It is a bit demoralising when you feel inhibited from joining in threads about your main passion and pastime because of the gender specific comments/questions/assumptions.

Anyway - as I've said before, I don't think the sailing wife thing really is gender specific. I think it's just about one person in the relationship who likes sailing, and the other one who is not so keen. So, from my perspective:

he likes:

Warm weather, light airs, quiet time spent drifting along.
Helming in a straight line.
Night sailing.
Being at anchor.
Fried breakfasts.
Being more competent than me with engine stuff.

he dislikes:

Being on board for more than 24 hours.
Rubbish bunks and backache.
Lack of headroom for 6'2 man.
Feeling obliged to crew.
 
ChattingLil said:
haven't got a clue what that means :confused:

My thoughts on this would only give me more grief, so this is just register my support for Ninky's comment. It is a bit demoralising when you feel inhibited from joining in threads about your main passion and pastime because of the gender specific comments/questions/assumptions.

Anyway - as I've said before, I don't think the sailing wife thing really is gender specific. I think it's just about one person in the relationship who likes sailing, and the other one who is not so keen. So, from my perspective:

he likes:

Warm weather, light airs, quiet time spent drifting along.
Helming in a straight line.
Night sailing.
Being at anchor.
Fried breakfasts.
Being more competent than me with engine stuff.

he dislikes:

Being on board for more than 24 hours.
Rubbish bunks and backache.
Lack of headroom for 6'2 man.
Feeling obliged to crew.
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Sorry, just reread the question - it said 3 good things about being married to a sailor....! From HIS perspective I would say:

  • I can't moan about the amount of time or money he spends on motoribikes.
  • I can't moan about the amount of motoribike gear strewn around the living room, when compared to boat stuff strewn around
  • I never ask him to come shopping.

Things that are not good:

  • Feeling obliged to crew when I am short-handed (can't manage on my own yet).
  • Never having any money.
  • Me being better at something than he is.
 
No rush

Little Rascal said:
I didn't realise that - thought they were the same as youtube, just better quality.

I probably ought to get around to coughin up my $fiver then... :D
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wait until you have stopped sailing for the winter and Simon Cowell with X factor and Bruce with Strictly have annexed the TV schedules.

then $5 will seem like money well spent for six hours of sailing indulgence

amazingly 60 per cent of the subscribers are from North America, canada and the antipodes. I guess we Brits have not reallly fully adapted to the online thing yet.

of course you could always just carry on sailing through the winter

 
dylanwinter said:
...of course you could always just carry on sailing through the winter...
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I fully intend to! My boat's not on the water at the moment :( and I've never been infected with X-factoritis - so I'm in dire need!

I'm racking my brains for some controversial issue that entitles me to a free code but sadly I'm pretty much in the target audience so I guess I'll have to stump up...

:D
 
i'd love to see your films (with the special code!) but i'm afraid i'm not up for overnight downloads - and nor is my 10 year old laptop! i can't even watch normal youtubes other than at work at the moment because my startup disk is at breaking point.

however from what i've seen of the youtubes on here you've got some great content....but i do think you could structure it / present it better. a better sense of narrative / jeopardy / learning moments. don't be worried to look stupid or wrong from time to time. for example, the bit where the old guy mentions that roller reefers originated from square riggers is pretty enlightening. if you cut your questions out but have your voice narrating more and you could tell an interesting story there - of how your sailing assumptions were challenged. a bit more context would help. for example the winter sailing - when and where - and internal thought processes....were you worried about the ice or intrigued..was it all worth it to have relatively empty waters and seeing those amazing bird formations.

i don't know if those points are particularly from a female perspective or just a tv producer perspective!

some lovely footage though.
 
nathanlee said:
I'd love to, but I can't find a significant other due to the sailing, or rather, the boat yard dwelling.

My current significant said "gimmi another tenner and I'll say anyfin' you want me to darlin". I don't know what that means, but I'm running out of money.
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how much is it to change "I'll say anyfin' you want me to darlin" to " I'll do anyfin' you want me to darlin"
 
dylanwinter said:
wait until you have stopped sailing for the winter and Simon Cowell with X factor and Bruce with Strictly have annexed the TV schedules.

then $5 will seem like money well spent for six hours of sailing indulgence

amazingly 60 per cent of the subscribers are from North America, canada and the antipodes. I guess we Brits have not reallly fully adapted to the online thing yet.

of course you could always just carry on sailing through the winter

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Just a quick msg re winter sailing get an elec blanket if your in reach of mains £12 from argos well worth it ... and a colemans dual fuel light (need plenty of ventilation tho ) they give out tons of heat a lot more heat than the 200w of light !
 
you have not watched many of the films have you

fergie_mac66 said:
Just a quick msg re winter sailing get an elec blanket if your in reach of mains £12 from argos well worth it ... and a colemans dual fuel light (need plenty of ventilation tho ) they give out tons of heat a lot more heat than the 200w of light !
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electric blanket on the slug

you are joking of course

what sort of softy are you

Dylan
 
elec blanket

Means the missis happy to go sailing for a week or so at Xmas 'nd new year
combats the only disavantage of being seaman missis ... hm actually she insists we go in the winter !
 
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whipper_snapper said:
SWMBO says:

3 good things

  • small boat owners smell of small boats
  • they always know which direction they are going in
  • they like wearing shorts

3 bad things

  • small boat owners smell of small boats
  • they always know which direction they are going in
  • they like wearing shorts
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jacky disagrees with the shorts but used to put her feet down, in wells next the sea in winter, to me wearing wellies in bed at night in case of emergency .. but she did um an er a bit about rubber waders :D
 
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