johnphilip
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Not sailing
Scraping antifoul
Paying excessive bills
Scraping antifoul
Paying excessive bills
what men don't like about sailing -
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dylanwinter
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well, the last skipper I sailed for was an ex army captain and always called himself captain when calling up marinas
he also used to have a limp that got much worse when he wanted to exchange his marina berth for one closer to the bar
in his favour you could hear every order
as well as every soto voce comment about the abilities of the bloke on the bow
usually me
after that I bought my own yacht and have never crewed again
who knows if a more benign skipper would have given me a different outlook on military types
so... there is one mili
AMCD300
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Dylan - at least you were able to give a real example, otherwise we are right back to 'all those who fly blue ensigns are................'.
Mind you, one could argue that everyone over a certain age is a 'military type', assuming they completed National Service.
One good thing - you have the Captain to thank for providing the motivation to buy your own yacht
Andy
dylanwinter
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Dylan - at least you were able to give a real example, otherwise we are right back to 'all those who fly blue ensigns are................'.
Mind you, one could argue that everyone over a certain age is a 'military type', assuming they completed National Service.
One good thing - you have the Captain to thank for providing the motivation to buy your own yacht
Andy
you are quite correct on all fronts
and in his favour he was extremely competent, his orders were always crystal clear and to the point
Dylan
AMCD300
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mikeinkwazi
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People who know 'everything' about sailing
LittleSister
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No. 1 (by a long chalk) - Having to go to work to pay for it!
2) Not being able to do the longer and more relaxed trips that I dream of (see 1 above).
3) Having to do my own maintenance.
4) Things I put down where most convenient don't tidy themselves away when I'm not looking.
5) Things I do put carefully away mysteriously hide, or transport themselves to different lockers/locations, when I'm not looking.
6) When a skipper is impatient, indecisive or reluctant to delegate - especially when it's me!
2) Not being able to do the longer and more relaxed trips that I dream of (see 1 above).
3) Having to do my own maintenance.
4) Things I put down where most convenient don't tidy themselves away when I'm not looking.
5) Things I do put carefully away mysteriously hide, or transport themselves to different lockers/locations, when I'm not looking.
6) When a skipper is impatient, indecisive or reluctant to delegate - especially when it's me!
WestWittering
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I thoroughly approve of the "posting as a sailor rather than as a woman" - the stereotyping that goes on here sometimes is quite uncomfortable. But I'm afraid that specific complaint does belong on the ladies' thread
Pete
Actually, the first thread was actually about the lack of women in Sailing & why that should be so, rather than what do women sailors dislike about sailing. Dylan's thread I read comes across as what do sailors dislike in general' - and I am a sailor, albeit a weak and feeble woman. Just goes to show what women sailors already know - Men don't listen properly!!
Dianne
Searush
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The jobs.
I'd rather be sailing than fixing. Maybe I need to find a co-owner who loves fixing & hates sailing - they do exist, I see them in harbours & boatyards all the time.
Mud & weed on a shoreline when I need to take Fudge ashore for her constitutional.
Harbour authorities that keep increasing prices & all they do with the extra money is employ more mates to reduce what each person actually does! A few more facilities for the paying customers would not go amiss.
Overfalls, tides meets & races - we have a lot of them around Anglesey. It happens because the place is so beautiful & tides are strong, but it does tie you to the tide tables somewhat.
I'd rather be sailing than fixing. Maybe I need to find a co-owner who loves fixing & hates sailing - they do exist, I see them in harbours & boatyards all the time.
Mud & weed on a shoreline when I need to take Fudge ashore for her constitutional.
Harbour authorities that keep increasing prices & all they do with the extra money is employ more mates to reduce what each person actually does! A few more facilities for the paying customers would not go amiss.
Overfalls, tides meets & races - we have a lot of them around Anglesey. It happens because the place is so beautiful & tides are strong, but it does tie you to the tide tables somewhat.
BobPrell
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I thoroughly approve of the "posting as a sailor rather than as a woman" - the stereotyping that goes on here sometimes is quite uncomfortable. But I'm afraid that specific complaint does belong on the ladies' thread
Pete
Baloney. Male me and some of my blokey mates hate needing a pee (or worse) when dressed in multiple layers, and I don't even sail in a cold climate.
interloper
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1. Engine maintenance.
2. Maintenance of exterior woodwork.
3. The stress of trying to get alongside a dock without causing damage.
2. Maintenance of exterior woodwork.
3. The stress of trying to get alongside a dock without causing damage.
WestWittering
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Actually, the first thread was actually about the lack of women in Sailing & why that should be so, rather than what do women sailors dislike about sailing. Dylan's thread I read comes across as what do sailors dislike in general' - and I am a sailor, albeit a weak and feeble woman. Just goes to show what women sailors already know - Men don't listen properly!!
Dianne
Maybe it's sailors that don't read properly - but I did misread the 'tone' of your post - I do apologise. But my point about oilies stands. Great when you need four hands on deck and the First Mate disappeared 15 minutes earlier and is now hopping about in the cabin trying to get all his zips together..... doesn't look to me as though he is particularly enjoying it - especially when I tack!!!
Di
laffinskip
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After a long hard sail & choking for a pint in the bar,The ******* who has been in the bar all day,& then gets to the bar 5secs before me & proceeds to order drinks for all & sundry,then wants crisps,soft drinks for the relatives outside,4 packets of fags,pork scratchings etc,then queries the price making the 1 barmaid on duty add it all up again.By which time I have steam coming out of my ears & am chewing the bar in frustration.
Along with the 12 poor buggers waiting behind me. God how I hate that pratt.
Along with the 12 poor buggers waiting behind me. God how I hate that pratt.
Zen Zero
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1. Not sailing: being propped up with sticks on dry land with a list of things to fix that just keeps getting longer while you watch your friends glide by down river in the morning and back up again in the evening.
2. Driving away from where the boat is, it just feels wrong, wonky, wrong direction.
2. Driving away from where the boat is, it just feels wrong, wonky, wrong direction.
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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...the fact that women do not understand the needs of a sailing man......
WestWittering
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aquaplane
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You took the words out of my mouth.
Add, not being close enough to a nice sailing area to have a swinging mooring and not being able to afford a marina mooring.
AntarcticPilot
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Well, they'd have to be at least 70 to have been called up for National Service; it ended in 1960.
Dylan - at least you were able to give a real example, otherwise we are right back to 'all those who fly blue ensigns are................'.
Mind you, one could argue that everyone over a certain age is a 'military type', assuming they completed National Service.
One good thing - you have the Captain to thank for providing the motivation to buy your own yacht
Andy