What jobs do your wifes/ partners do on the boat?

[shaunb]

By that, I dont mean during sailing, but during re-fit/ jobs on boat etc?
Just curious as my wife and I have just been having a converstaion about it

 

[Sixpence]

Doubt it helps but mine's been involved in the rip out , filling of holes , sanding down , painting , the lot

 

[Twister_Ken]

I have only one wife.

 

[Bergman]

When we're sailing she does most of the steering.

Handles ropes when mooring.

Refuses to talk on the radio.

Out of season she does her share of hull polishing, antifouling and deck scrubbing.

Helps out with all mods we're doing to boat at the moment.

Her only fault is being directionally dyslexic. Tell her to turn left or right - to leeward or windward - it makes no difference - its a 50-50 chance which way you go. I've given up trying, just tell her to turn and then say "no, t'other way" if its wrong.

Actually shes great around the boat - just don't tell her or I'll never hear the end of it.

 

[Bergman]

Well how many do you want?

 

[Sixpence]

any more than one and you is in big time doodoo

 

[Twister_Ken]

You lot don't know your Thomas Beecham anecdotes.

 

[Seven Spades]

Having been involved in two business Partnerships, I resent the highjacking of the term "Partner" when they mean lover or common law wife. It is very confusing when I introduce my partner, as it always sound as if I might be... Well anyway it is also confusing when you get an invitation to a jolly and it says bring your partner, do they mean my wife or partner?

Sorry back to the question, my wife makes the tea and cleans.

 

[Sixpence]

er , I understand he makes a good cold remedy though

 

[tcm]

makes encouraging noises and refreshments ...but easily most useful is if she can go buy stuff which otherwise takes me ages but her not much time at all as she has no diversion of ooh intersting other stuff...

 

[silvertop]

Why
She Looks Good,
She Feels Good and
Bye Golly,
She does me GOOD.
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[john_morris_uk]

SWMBO steers, Nav's sometimes, refuses to park the boat when others are nearby or anyone watching or in fact if there is another boat withing half a mile. We share cooking underway - although I don't ever remember her being sea sick which is more than can be said for me. (OK she did come up for some fresh air when cooking a curry in a 6/7 in very lumpy seas off Ushant once) She polishes topsides and cleans and polishes the interior. (I do the brass work). SWMBO sets the anchor. Keeps watch and is usually convinced that every ship is a threat even when its the one that has just gone past us.

Daughter (now age 16) has done the antifouling for the last few years. She also helps re-reeve the lines after winter storage and bends on the sails. She is learning to Nav. She 'fights' with son as to who will drive the tender. She usually writes the log.

Son - age 14 fishes. However he claims the winches are his and is very miffed when someone else gets to the primary winch first when we are short tacking. He wants to drive the big boat and is chief tender driver. Claims a bigger motor on the tender is an essential safety item. He is also chief ensign dipper and putter up of burgees etc.

The whole crew are pretty good at lines and winching actually.

The above has evolved - they have chosen what they want/enjoy doing. Daughter used to be foredeck. She still hasn't forgiven us having a roller headsail which doesn't require her to be harnessed on and heaving canvas into a tuff luff slot.

When coming alongside, SWMBO usually rigs and mans a spring. T'others take bow and stern lines. We all run round and put the fenders out.

Nuff to be going on with?

 

[john_morris_uk]

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Having been involved in two business Partnerships, I resent the highjacking of the term "Partner" when they mean lover or common law wife. It is very confusing when I introduce my partner, as it always sound as if I might be... Well anyway it is also confusing when you get an invitation to a jolly and it says bring your partner, do they mean my wife or partner?

Sorry back to the question, my wife makes the tea and cleans.

[/ QUOTE ]Did you know that there is no such thing as 'common law wife' in English law?

 

[bigwow]

Mine is in charge of all soft trim, manufacture and maintenance and all jobs that have to be precisely positioned e.g. vinyl boat name stickers. The last time she spent 2 days getting all the bubbles out after I had fitted them when she was not around. But her main job seems to be pulling faces and making sly comments when a job I have done is not up to scratch in order to get me to redo it
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[Skents]

My wife has stuck with me through gaffers, tired old classics, GRP, tropical squalls and the grey English Channel. She was even my apprentice when we built our latest boat.

She's lucky to have me though....I once bought her a brand new 56hp Yanmar for her birthday.

 

[ccscott49]

Some say even one and you're in deep doodoo! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[ccscott49]

Mine does most everything, being iccle she can get right under the boat, to do the difficult bits of antifouling, keel plate/band and into small bilge areas etc. She varnishes pretty good as well. Hauls sails, anything which needs doing and is not too high up!

 

[LymingtonPugwash]

3 major things my wife has latched onto..... bearing in mind that although she enjoys sailing now, she is quite new to it!
1) She keeps an eye on the 'depthcharger' as she continues to refer to the echo sounder when we are looking to anchor or go close inshore!
2) She has become an expert at helping moor up and is always the first to leap ashore with the line, though I'm not sure if that's because she is anxious to help or because she can't wait to get ashore.
3) Number 3 is the most important of all and was an unexpected bonus when I married her..... she can go down below in any conditions and rustle up a great meal without feeling quesy!

 

[Lakesailor]

-Mrs Lakesailor helps keep the boat stable by being on the windward side (provided it's sunny there).
-And she will hold screwdrivers etc on the outboard end of fittings whilst I struggle into lockers etc. to reach the inboard end.
-She will helm when pressed into service.

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[franky]

After a hard days sailing where I have done almost everything she looks after skippers comforts!!! Opens whisky bottle pours herself a drink and watches me tidy the boat up.But seriously she drags me back to the boat when I have spent more that a set amount of time on the pontoon chatting to other boaters so that wwe can get on with the important things in life.