would you prefer an all woman course?

[BlackPig]

would you prefer an all woman course? I asked my wife. Yes but the perfect course would be for wife's that do not want to learn. I enjoy going out in the boat but don't want to sail her. On a reluctant wife's course, I would not have to pretend that sailing is the best thing since sliced bread. We could all winge and wine openly about having to learn.

Is there such a course, is there a market?

 

[Seajet]

Black Pig,

I believe there are or were women only courses, for reasons of security and modesty as well as not feeling intimidated by bossy men, I think Britannia School ran them ? I met one of their lady skippers and she was fantastic, I can't imagine her being intimidated by anyone or anything !

Don't know who does such courses nowadays but there's definitely a market ( for people keen to learn not just whine* ) a google should find them.

* If sailing doesn't seem fun it's usually down to the skipper, why try a buttock clenching Hornblower style beat to a windward port into a F6+ if one can trundle around the harbour to an idyllic spot and go to a nice restaraunt ?, people fought in WWII for the freedoms and leisure we have now !

 

[PetiteFleur]

I believe the sailing school at Suffolk Yacht Harbour does Ladies only courses.

 

[PhillM]

Try this:

http://www.girlsforsail.com/

 

[capnsensible]

Yes

 

[l'escargot]

Sunsail certainly used to run them.

 

[jerrytug]

Classic Sailing in St Mawes,all ladies RYA courses on gorgeous gaff cutter.

 

[maby]

I would, but I don't think my wife would let me go on one!

 

[jellyellie]

Dream or Two sailing is run by a female chief instructor, I have done all my RYA training with them, they are brilliant, and often run women-only courses and have a large female clientele (who come back to sail with them time and time again).

Check them out:

www.yachting-school.co.uk

 

[grumpy_o_g]

As do BOSS http://www.boss-sail.co.uk/tuition_sail/index_ladies_only.htm.

 

[AMCD300]

As do Sail Ionian...

http://www.sailionian.com/sail-training.php#LadiesOnly

Andy

 

[Daedelus]

SWMBO went on an all woman course some years ago. She didn't mind a mixed crew but one of the women on the course had insisted on all female as she eckoned men would hog the instruction.

SWMBO was of mature years whilst 2 of the others were "young and lovely" and tended to sail in tight white jeans and wearing full make-up. The instructor was male and as SWMBO said when she returned, "it wasn't he didn't know where to look, he knew all right, he just didn't want to be caught doing it".

Nonetheless, once they had stopped him from referring to them as guys and had forced him ashore to buy fresh fruit and veg to supplement ship's stores they all had a great time.

 

[Marakei]

The OP says his wife wants a course for people who don't like sailing.

If that's the case, I guess she just wants to learn some basic crewing and to know what to do if he falls overboard or becomes incapacitated, and wants a friend to eye roll with over this ridiculous sailing enthusiasm. That being so, they're better doing it as a couple. She can do Comp Crew, he can do a higher level, and hopefully there'll be another couple there in the same situation.

If they want her to go off on her own and perhaps start liking sailing an all-woman group might work. I did a weekend with a couple where she didn't want to sail, and the group was three female sailors, her husband and a male instructor. I think that before SWMBO'd got the idea that sailing was a boys' thing, but once she'd seen how keen the other women were on all aspects of managing the boat, she really gained confidence and starting doing a lot more.

That said, Chrissie of this forum wrote about her fairly disasterous experience of an all-female Day Skipper group, so it doesn't always work. It's not something I would specify myself, I like sailing with men.