If you're taking your boat out for the day, weekend, or week, who is your favorite crew? Do you like the family time with spouse and/or children? Do you wish every cruise were a family reunion with siblings and others? Would rather sail with a couple of choice friends, or is your idea of a good time some time alone? State your favorites here, then vote in this week's Quick Quiz at the bottom of the home page.
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Jay Eaton
In Company
"With friends," as with anybody could mean all on my boat or "in company." We like sailing in company with others in our sailing club.
"With friends," as with anybody could mean all on my boat or "in company." We like sailing in company with others in our sailing club.
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Will
Family
We bought it so my wife and our 2 kids could spend great time together, and learn to work as a team as well. We also sail a lot with my in-laws (my father-in-law taught me how to sail). We have sailed for more than 5 years now, and have enjoyed the experience.
We bought it so my wife and our 2 kids could spend great time together, and learn to work as a team as well. We also sail a lot with my in-laws (my father-in-law taught me how to sail). We have sailed for more than 5 years now, and have enjoyed the experience.
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Peter Brennan
Wife
My wife is my favorite crew, even though she does tend to panic, which then causes me to panic until I determine that whatever it was wasn't worth panicing about though no doubt worth noting. We belong to a sailing club and like to sail in company and raft up and we also like to share our good fortune in having a boat with others on occasional day sails and over nighters. But at the end of the day, or week, it is just the two of us and the dog. One problem, believe it or not, is that a lot of people who claim to know how to sail don't and it's wearing on the nerves to let them have the helm and hurts their feelings if you don't.
My wife is my favorite crew, even though she does tend to panic, which then causes me to panic until I determine that whatever it was wasn't worth panicing about though no doubt worth noting. We belong to a sailing club and like to sail in company and raft up and we also like to share our good fortune in having a boat with others on occasional day sails and over nighters. But at the end of the day, or week, it is just the two of us and the dog. One problem, believe it or not, is that a lot of people who claim to know how to sail don't and it's wearing on the nerves to let them have the helm and hurts their feelings if you don't.
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Kenneth Pfaff
With the Family or single handed
I perfer to sail with my wife and 2 kids or just alone. When we have brought alone friends it always seems that the get seasick and we end up cutting short our sail. With the family, I know what I am getting. We also bought the boat so the Family could spend time together.
I perfer to sail with my wife and 2 kids or just alone. When we have brought alone friends it always seems that the get seasick and we end up cutting short our sail. With the family, I know what I am getting. We also bought the boat so the Family could spend time together.
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David
not alone
I have a few friends I enjoy sailing with and other friends that even though I enjoy their company on shore, they are not tuned into sailing and spoil my trip as well. As far as family goes, my wife is my favorite sailing partner and my son acts like its somewhat of a task to be sailing with us. So, guess he'll be home cutting the grass next time my wife and I are sailing!
I have a few friends I enjoy sailing with and other friends that even though I enjoy their company on shore, they are not tuned into sailing and spoil my trip as well. As far as family goes, my wife is my favorite sailing partner and my son acts like its somewhat of a task to be sailing with us. So, guess he'll be home cutting the grass next time my wife and I are sailing!
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Jack
Family
I prefer sailing with my family which is now my wife and one son. The wife will not participate preferring to read a book or sleep. She can sleep through anything. My 15yr. old son has reached the age where he is totally bored with it and would prefer to have a powerboat but would rather stay home and wait for something better to come along. Rarely does. Can't wait until he drives so he can get himself to the variuos practices and leave me more time for the boat. Typical 15yr old.
I prefer sailing with my family which is now my wife and one son. The wife will not participate preferring to read a book or sleep. She can sleep through anything. My 15yr. old son has reached the age where he is totally bored with it and would prefer to have a powerboat but would rather stay home and wait for something better to come along. Rarely does. Can't wait until he drives so he can get himself to the variuos practices and leave me more time for the boat. Typical 15yr old.
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Dave Young
Sailing Alone has its good moments
Although I best like to sail with my dedicated crew (and new wife) the best, I also enjoy the opportunity to sail my 460 alone when the winds are not too harsh, and there's a big open dock to return to. Sailing solo gives me great opportunities to practice maneuvers and increases my confidence in my abilities to handle the boat. Docking 45 feet of boat alone is always a challenge!
Although I best like to sail with my dedicated crew (and new wife) the best, I also enjoy the opportunity to sail my 460 alone when the winds are not too harsh, and there's a big open dock to return to. Sailing solo gives me great opportunities to practice maneuvers and increases my confidence in my abilities to handle the boat. Docking 45 feet of boat alone is always a challenge!
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Bryan C.
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John Buckham
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LaDonna Bubak - CatalinaOwners
I 2nd All of the Above!
Sailing solo is fun but tiring - and it can get lonely. I took my brother
Sailing solo is fun but tiring - and it can get lonely. I took my brother
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Ray Bowles
In what many call the "Golden years" ,
it is my wife that I sail with, and I can understand the implied name. If you race then you might enjoy the comradship of a racing crew. If someone wants to sail for a day, or evening with friends or family then they are the crew of choice. WHO THE HECK CARES? Boats will be sailed by the persons needed at that time. Ray sv Speedy
it is my wife that I sail with, and I can understand the implied name. If you race then you might enjoy the comradship of a racing crew. If someone wants to sail for a day, or evening with friends or family then they are the crew of choice. WHO THE HECK CARES? Boats will be sailed by the persons needed at that time. Ray sv Speedy
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Gary Green
I sail mostly with friends
Since I am retired most of my sailing is single handed. Most of my friends don't care for sailing. I have a couple of friends that enjoy sailing with me, but they are still out there in the rat race most of the time. I enjoy the solitude of single handing. My wife says it is too much work.
Since I am retired most of my sailing is single handed. Most of my friends don't care for sailing. I have a couple of friends that enjoy sailing with me, but they are still out there in the rat race most of the time. I enjoy the solitude of single handing. My wife says it is too much work.
Easy answer- duhhhhhh
Easy answer: ANY cute blonde college chicks in bikinis!!! duhhhhhh! [laugh] But seriously-- they add a je ne sais quoi, are pleasant company, learn eagerly, have enough muscle to work hard, appreciate being treated respectfully, and tend to look upon the whole sailing thing as 'romantic', even if that never materialises in a physical way. Best of all, they don't mind the occasional swear word (because they've heard it all after dating 20-year-old hip-hop fans with nose rings). JC 2
Easy answer: ANY cute blonde college chicks in bikinis!!! duhhhhhh! [laugh] But seriously-- they add a je ne sais quoi, are pleasant company, learn eagerly, have enough muscle to work hard, appreciate being treated respectfully, and tend to look upon the whole sailing thing as 'romantic', even if that never materialises in a physical way. Best of all, they don't mind the occasional swear word (because they've heard it all after dating 20-year-old hip-hop fans with nose rings). JC 2
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Roland
Any brunettes or redheads
you don't want, John, just send them my way. When your sailing season is getting over in NJ, ours, on Fl.'s west coast, is just getting warmed up. I promise to send them all back with great tans. -Roland S/V Fraulein II P.S. As an aside, if anyone should doubt the integrity of the Cherubini hull, my experience in June should put that to rest. I got put up on a shoal in fairly heavy, confused seas and pounded very hard for 5 hours until I was pulled free. Even though I lost the skeg, the rudder and tube ripped out of the bottom, and the rigging came a bit loose, the hull and keel stayed intact. No cracks, no loose keel bolts. Love my Cherubini! Next one may be the 37C. -R.
you don't want, John, just send them my way. When your sailing season is getting over in NJ, ours, on Fl.'s west coast, is just getting warmed up. I promise to send them all back with great tans. -Roland S/V Fraulein II P.S. As an aside, if anyone should doubt the integrity of the Cherubini hull, my experience in June should put that to rest. I got put up on a shoal in fairly heavy, confused seas and pounded very hard for 5 hours until I was pulled free. Even though I lost the skeg, the rudder and tube ripped out of the bottom, and the rigging came a bit loose, the hull and keel stayed intact. No cracks, no loose keel bolts. Love my Cherubini! Next one may be the 37C. -R.
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Larry
Whoever Has a Boat
Since I don't own my own boat, I am at the mercy of friends to invite me out on theirs and I appreciate those opportunities.
Since I don't own my own boat, I am at the mercy of friends to invite me out on theirs and I appreciate those opportunities.
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David Foster
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Kathleen on "Jolie"
Herreshoff's recommendation.
In 'The Compleat Cruiser' (sic) of about 1945 L Francis Herreshoff made the case that the best sailing partner is a 12- or 14-year-old nephew or grandson (or stepson?). Boys of this age are just getting ready to exert muscle and need the discipline and immediate relevance that sailing demands and provides. They learn readily, especially when given the chance to 'bond' with an adult they can respect (and need to rely on for the duration). They are eager to do things they consider risky and your guidance can minimise the real dangers. They are also at the age where they will like to fish, row or pwer the dinghy, and learn to shoot (L Francis made the nice point that there is no better place to learn gunning than in some secluded back bay aiming at flotsam-- can't get hurt, can't hurt anyone, have time to make plenty of mistakes. Now if only we could all FIND that secluded back bay today!!). They can also get offered the odd sip of your beer now and then. Sailing can get boys of this age off the stupid Nintendo and into a real-life intellectual and athletic adventure in which they can prove their own mettle to you and to themselves. As a schoolteacher I've seen that kids who grow up boating are less likely to be throttle-happy drivers, to impair their judgement with narcotics, and to have foolish and impractical outlooks on the every day hazards and securities of their lives. Best of all it can become a pasttime you can share with a kid you might otherwise lose influence over, and that is the main reasonw we should all care about youth. JC 2
In 'The Compleat Cruiser' (sic) of about 1945 L Francis Herreshoff made the case that the best sailing partner is a 12- or 14-year-old nephew or grandson (or stepson?). Boys of this age are just getting ready to exert muscle and need the discipline and immediate relevance that sailing demands and provides. They learn readily, especially when given the chance to 'bond' with an adult they can respect (and need to rely on for the duration). They are eager to do things they consider risky and your guidance can minimise the real dangers. They are also at the age where they will like to fish, row or pwer the dinghy, and learn to shoot (L Francis made the nice point that there is no better place to learn gunning than in some secluded back bay aiming at flotsam-- can't get hurt, can't hurt anyone, have time to make plenty of mistakes. Now if only we could all FIND that secluded back bay today!!). They can also get offered the odd sip of your beer now and then. Sailing can get boys of this age off the stupid Nintendo and into a real-life intellectual and athletic adventure in which they can prove their own mettle to you and to themselves. As a schoolteacher I've seen that kids who grow up boating are less likely to be throttle-happy drivers, to impair their judgement with narcotics, and to have foolish and impractical outlooks on the every day hazards and securities of their lives. Best of all it can become a pasttime you can share with a kid you might otherwise lose influence over, and that is the main reasonw we should all care about youth. JC 2
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