sailor chick

[Raises hand]
Ask me how I know this to be true.

Dude, your old crew almost drove me out of sailing. That girl scared the sh!t out of me! But the tat was cool.

I really like your baby momma, she's nice and a lot less scary... for me anyway.

Stank, you know why a bride is smiling while she's walking down the aisle, right?

Because she know's she's already given her last... spinnaker snuff! <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />

You know why the groom is smiling?

Because he doesn't know it...yet. <img src="<>/sick.gif" alt="sick" title="sick" height="15" width="15" />

My compliments and congratulations to all of you hard working females who have -stuck it out- in what is mostly a Guy dominated sport, I wish there were more of you!

You guys are just doing it wrong. I bought her a ring, she bought me a new Tiger.

Sugar mama?

And what about Holly, (hi Holly) Lucky Mike Hill.

If you can't find the girls (or keep them), you're sailing the wrong boat.

All you need to do is go to the parties to see the obvious answer.

Hobie 16s have more women sailing than any other cat, period.

They also have more women than most other boats (monos).

The life (aka ratio) at a H16 NAs party (or any Hobie points regatta) is RIDICULOUSLY different than H17s, H20s, spin cats, or any keelboats.

Other than women-only classes, the only comparison might be Optis or 420s. And, Laser Radials are predominantly chick boats.

Mike

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm could be. A COUGAR is a cat isn't it.

That is unfortunate. We wouldn't want them to reproduce or anything... 😛

It's old news about the exodus of women from cat sailing. It's part of why so many men are now going to single-handers.

it is true that if men don't learn to appease women they become single-handers

cause it takes two to tango;o)

Thanks Todd,

One of my favs also!!!

I find it funny that up here in the cold northeast we have more women and yutes on boats/multis than any other part of the Country I've sailed in.

You should have seen the looks one some of the peoples faces a few years back when racing the I20 when I would tell people that it was my wife's boat and she was just letting me borrow it.

One more

Chicks can't drive big boats <img src="<>/confused.gif" alt="confused" title="confused" height="15" width="15" /> <img src="<>/shocked.gif" alt="shocked" title="shocked" height="15" width="15" />

Alter Cup 06

Yes, I would agree the H16 class does have lion share of the ladies, and the kids too!

I'm pretty sure the H16 sailors take the game just as 'SERIOUS' as anyone else, yes?

That was just to get you out of the house once in a while so she can clean. <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />

Right, The 16 is very weight conscious and has to have either two small people, or if one of the team is fairly big, the other member must be small and light. Thus women and kids are in demand in that class.
This is true of all small boats that are two-up, I believe.

I dunno...

He bought me a ring, earrings, rigging and new sail for my Sq, and a trimaran!

My favorite is Leah White, just won the Hobie Wave Open Nationals. Yes, she is my daughter-in-law and very proud of her.., and she is pretty and pretty new to sailing.

Sue ROCKS...

There are a great number of reasons that the H16 attracts and maintains women (and youts)...

The most obvious is that it is a simple rig. Not easy to win (very competitive,

serious

fleet), but unless it's blowing 20, it's pretty comfortable and there isn't a ton of stuff to pull, get caught up in, hurt by, etc. Very easy to learn and simple layout helps attract new crews.

BTW, the above paragraph is not my perspective, but that of my wife, who I met because she was looking to get onto a simpler cat...

[EDIT: Thank god this isn't SA,

get onto a simpler cat

...]

Mike

Tom, 204 is almost in a separate league! I think your only rivals, are with Caleb in the northwest as far as family participation. Keep them women and yutes sailing! My hat is off to you. Tammy, I really only know Jay from your posts, and I've always thought

I like that guy.

I do too.

I do too.

My wife once told me she thought of herself as a sailor until she met me...

Seems the type of things we enjoy in sailing are totally different! She enjoys socializing, sailing with more than two on board.

Bar hopping

by boat. Casual and relaxing (lazy) sailing. Not too challenging conditions. Busy canals and small lakes. Hot weather (no trades here! So you know what that means...)

I like trapezing for miles at a time. Seeing no-one else for hours on end. Staring at tell-tales and waves like the meaning of life, the universe and everything will be eventually revealed by them. Being suddenly brought back to reality by the pale-faced crew screaming at me from the windward hull to

do something

!
Oh yeah; big waves and Air time 😉 and more generally; Any sailing location the authorities publish warnings for.
Needless to say, she HATES these things (sniff, sniff).

Staring at tell-tales and waves like the meaning of life, the universe and everything will be eventually revealed by them

<img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" />

She's a yachtie.