Any handsome bachelors on this forum?
This story was in "Inside Yachting":
ABC’s The Bachelor Looking for Candidate to ‘Sail’ Into Limelight
Written by Sean Downey
Friday, 17 March 2006
The ABC network’s popular series "The Bachelor" is searching for America's most eligible man and they’re turning to the yachting community to find him!
Producers are searching for men who are ambitious, charming and successful and who are looking to find love. The ideal candidate is an attractive, single, 28-35 year-old accomplished CEO, Architect, Lawyer, Entrepreneur or Businessman. The yachting community matches this demographic perfectly.
According the most recent results on the RegattaDates.com sailing poll, 75% of respondents are male, 30% are age 20-40, 48% own their own boat, 16% earn over $150,000 per year, 75% are from the USA and 29% are single. Full results can be found here: http:/
Filming of this popular romance series will take place in an exotic, tropical location promising to make this the most romantic season ever!
If you fit this description and think you can handle twenty-five beautiful girls, contact Daniella Barba, one of the Casting Producers now! For more information, or to apply, send photos, contact information and a mini-bio to: Danielle@kasstinginc.com
Come on, guys. This is our chance to get some major TV exposure for catamarans. It's going to be in an exotic, tropical location, probably on the water. You can make sure they write a bunch of scenes with you taking those beautiful girls out for rides on a beach cat.
Think of it as your duty to your sport.
Think of it as your duty to your sport.
I am SO on this! A few tweaks first - some hair plugs to mask the baldness, plastic surgery to hide the age, a little lipo for the spare tire. I'll make a deal with my wife that after all the fame and fortune have been acquired, I'll dump the TV other half and re-marry her.
All I need is the job part. I didn't see aerospace computer stuff listed in the job specs, and I'm short of the dollar amount. Anybody got an open CEO spot for me? Anybody? Come on, this is our chance!

Isn't this a "contraction in terms"
An "ambitious, charming and successful 28-35 year old bachelor who happen to be a CEO or whatever high flying alternative"
In my experience these guys are loaded with desperate women who had their fill of "boys" and who can smell "MONEY !" from miles away. Sometimes women will degrade themselfs to unimaginable levels just to enhance their chances.
Did I just wrote down "sometimes" ? 
As if these guys need a TV program to find a wife ! Were is the sport in that ?
But I do see problems in having a catamaran-guy over a yacht-guy. Imagine the guy going :"WOW ! look at those lines, what a beauty ! I want her"
And have the camera filming the guy falling to his knees stroking an A-cat catamaran that just happens to be sitting there on the beach while totally forgetting about the blond knocker that was beside him just seconds ago.
Might make for some entertaining firework though. The idea was to spend money on the women, not the boats.
Maybe that is where we cat sailors went wrong ? Hummm.
Wouter
Jamie, you have to chat them up before moving in for the kill. The name/weight sequence is how I met my wife. Of course, she had no idea what a catamaran was when I met her.
Wow Mary where did those numbers come from? Did any one check because although I believe the 75 % men the rest is BS. If your really into sailing your not into work, or not anymore. 150 K at that age, possible but not common.
Good luck to the show, It will be intresting to see if they do a background check on the individuals to ensure the "numbers" match up.
That demographics survey does not have anything to do with the Bachelor search. ABC just wants somebody who is handsome, charming, reasonably intelligent and reasonably successful (not homeless).
I think "Inside Yachting" just included that survey as a link in their article to show that a high percentage of sailors are intelligent and successful and to show that this is a good group to search for an eligible bachelor.
But I think handsome and charming are probably the primary requisites to get accepted by ABC.
well my crew and i weigh 285 on a h16 imagine that?! so i definitely am not shopping around, i just looked at a bassproshop flyer and a typical fishing boat costs 15-30 plus, so maybe we aren't upscale enough for that crowd. tho i have seen nigel with his beautiful complement of motorhome, box trailer full of spare hulls, parts etc and charming etcetera one of the beauties of our sport is if we love it we can find a way
I think one thing they DIDN'T mention, that I believe will be the key in their selection process - must be WAY OVER-DRAMATIC. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING must be the END OF THE WORLD to the candidate.
Bad hair day? - GOOD HEAVENS! CALL 911!
Your voice mail only has 3 messages today? Call the service provider and bi$ch them out because they MUST be re-routing your friends' calls.
Regatta only has 7 kts instead of 9 kts? Cry over why God hates you..
You have to VISIBLY cry or throw a hissy fit over a TOTALLY inconsequential event every 10 minutes or you're out of the selction process.
That seems to sum up the majority of the "reality TV" crap on...
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