[quote=makinmajik]Thanks Tami, you raise some good points. My wife is very good about trying to cat sail again after having some less than wonderful experiences on sailboats. I guess if I had been rescued off a burning monohull by the Coast Guard and caught in a bad storm on a cat that had gotten in irons and blown into a small lagoon I would be leery also.
I am approaching this by having her take baby steps. I want her to get comfortable with the process of rigging the boat with me, (the first attempt at stepping the mast was a bit rough but the next time went ok), before we ever get the boat near the bay.
The first time we do get the boat wet, I am going to keep the beach in sight and keep the trip short. My wife learns by doing so I want to keep the first trip as simple as possible.
I am also pretty set on keeping the hulls in the water until she gets confident that she can handle the boat and even then I will keep the main sheet in hand and spill it if need be to keep us from having an issue she is not prepared for. I doubt we will ever push the boat much but I do want her to be able to sail and understand how stuff works.[/quote]
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