[quote=smfinley][quote=erice]so again, congratulations to all you solo'ers of 2 man boats
but be careful out there
(my tiller extension came off in my hand the other day during a tack as i hadn't twisted it enough, thank chr#$+ it didn't come off when the boat was well up on a hull as i'm really pulling on it at that stage - might be time to go fixed and long) [/quote]
For this type of reason, when I took a newbie crew out this weekend (20+mph wind) and they didn't understand why I wanted them on the wire instead of me. "Don't you like it" was their first question. I had a hard time nicely saying "odds of falling off out there is great then sitting here, so better you then me" without scaring them, but that is my theory. I typically won't hike out with a total newbie in conditions that warrent someone on the wire.
Solo no problem, but personally would rather come off the boat when solo then leave someone on the boat that doesn't know what they are doing. Also don't sail solo on an empty lake either, or without my radio.
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