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

Yesterday my wonderful partner stripped down the bilge pump, replaced a gasket, cleaned it all up and put it back together. All in a morning. She frequently shows me up like this, but I'm not complaining /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
Mrs Moodysailor is great at cleaning and will help antifoul but mostly she likes to do the gardening and leave me to play. She enjoys fairweather sailing and knows what she's doing. Does the cooking but doesn't like being down below underway. A little more enthuiasm at times would be nice but it's my baby and I can go off sailing with other people whenever I like. At least I don't have to get a travel permit so all in all - OK.
 
antifouling and anodes, mid season scrub/everywhere we dry out, and outboard duties - 15yo son goes under and paints and scrubs the boat, pressure washes when lifted out..(i don't have to tell him, he just loves doing it)

the cleaning and cooking and comforts - the wife, i don't get a look in, might have to wash the dishes a couple of times during the season...
she's very good on lobster pot avoidance..

everything else - me /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
Mine has been helping with the antifouling

I only wish she would get as much paint on the bottom of the boat as she manages to get on her hands, clothes, shoes, all over the roller handle and paint brush handle.


Get this sneaky feeling its a way of needing new clothes and shoes. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Re: What jobs does your wife/ partner do on the boat?

Absolutely NOTHING unless we're cruising when she'll make tea, cook food, play loud music, make international 'phone calls (to the Far East), read papers etc. She'll vacuum the carpets if I start the gennie, and always washes up and packs up when it's time to go home.

Having said that, she has always said she doesn't like boats really, but she likes to ride when she's got some friends of hers along to yack with (sounds like a gaggle of geese) and does keep me warm and sometimes entertained at night when we think the kids are asleep so it's not all bad.

Winter lay-up work I do with my 12 year old, I have to threaten him with dismemberment first of course, all maintainence is my province regardless. Re-commissioning also with son under same conditions as lay-up.

For all that I wouldn't change her (mostly) although I used to say that when she got to 30 I'd swop her for two 15's. However, they've made that illegal so she reckons now she's past the 30 mark she's safe and I'll keep her.
 
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Mine has been helping with the antifouling

I only wish she would get as much paint on the bottom of the boat as she manages to get on her hands, clothes, shoes, all over the roller handle and paint brush handle.


Get this sneaky feeling its a way of needing new clothes and shoes. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Thought you had 'his and hers' hulls for antifouling /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
right well, my wife dug the garden before breakfast, made breakfast, woke me up, then cleaned the house, drove to the airport and boat to get everything ready whilst i pratted about on the internet, then met me at the airport and had dinner ready for me as we arrived at the boat, and whilst i was having dinner she painted the engines.
 
Mrs DV does the shopping for provisions, turns the provisions into meals on board, and looks after mini-mrs-dv. And that's about it.

You're about as likely to see her holding an antifouling rolling brush as you are to see icebergs floating down the Nile.

dv.
 
Just back from a weekend antifouling and painting, and swmbo helped with all of these, painted the white waterline by eye and made a great job of it.

Also she and my sister in law spent a giggly half an hour putting the mainsheet and traveller back on the boat, while I antifouled. Would probably have taken me five minutes....

SWMBO refuses to take lines ashore, but is very happy to helm as we come alongside. She loves sailing, but as we have a very cramped, sitting-headroom cabin, she refuses to cook on board so the deal is that we always eat out when we stay on board.
 
mine does going below in heavy weather when i get yucky, ive never done seasick bit i get queasy if its rough. she is v meticulous when doing things, so is good at doing drawn out boring things, i do mechanical things, she likes to do them but hasnt the experience but could do them at a push. is a superb car driver when we come home from the pub or parties!! she has got better eyes than me so the sound of "lau where is this or that" resounds about sonsy lass quite a bit. i drive, she jumps ashore with lines, she pumps up anchor, i dont know why! she likes doing deck work when its rough, but, i think its due to the if he falls overboard i wont get him back but she knows i'll get her! snuggly bits are nice, how do you play hide the sausage when the kids are on board? Quietly!!
 
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right well, my wife dug the garden before breakfast, made breakfast, woke me up, then cleaned the house, drove to the airport and boat to get everything ready whilst i pratted about on the internet, then met me at the airport and had dinner ready for me as we arrived at the boat, and whilst i was having dinner she painted the engines.

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You are clearly doing something right elsewhere in your relationship /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
SWMBO did her first hull cut and polish three weeks before presenting me with child#3 and has always been very involved with anyhting not involving electrics, engines or sanitation. I won't let her get involved with A/F as we only have one noddy suit/respirator.

My wife is a far better painter and varnisher than I and is also a lot better at cutting to shape, colour matching and style.
 
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If it's cleaning - the wife does it.
If it's fitting or repairing - I do it (or have it done /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif ).
Did fit new head myself tho last X-Mas. Still basking in the glow.

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Pretty much the same ...

Wife reckons I don't clean properly ... so let her get on with it ... !
 
Mine does a lot too and pretty well all jobs are done as a team. We lifted out 3 weeks ago and were relaunched after just 2 weeks during which we wet rubbed down the old antifoul, (I rubbed, she wetted with the hose) put on 2 new coats of antifoul (50/50, both of us with rollers), cleaned the topsides with compound (I put it on, she polished it off) and applied two full coats of polish (I put it on she polished it off). This past weekend we pressure washed the decks (joint effort), cleaned the sprayhood (me), compound cleaned the coachroof and cockpit (her), applied a full coat of polish (her) and polished the S/S bits(me). I have had to ward off several takeover bids....

At sea she will cook in any weather and provides a constant supply of hot drinks including fresh filtered coffee. In harbour I do a lot of the cooking but am considered too messy to be allowed to wash the dishes. She has passed the shorebased YM with top marks in all bits but isn't that interested in the finer points of sail trim going along. She will not willingly take the boat into a berth but is very competent with the lines whilst also insisting that the boat is placed pefectly for a step not a jump. She helms when we tack and I winch, unless it is light winds then it could be either way, I do the foredeck when anchoring whilst she steers.

Perfection such as this is rare and I had to recruit mine from across the pond, but then again nobody is truly perfect.
 
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