[quote=Edchris177]My wife sails quite often with me. She is fine being on the wire, even in some rough seas, BUT, she doesn't want to tip.
She has no real interest in being skipper, running the jib is fine, & though onbly 125lb, it makes a HUGE difference on my 5.7 to put her on the wire. She commonly blows the jib to early in tacks, so I make sure I never sail in higher winds in tight spots with her as crew.
As Ron said, yelling at them gains very little during the sail,even less come bedtime!
She & my buddy were both on the wire during a 15 mile run a few weeks ago, where that Cat was going the fastest I've ever experienced, 21 mph. Mostly she likes to "cruies sail".
Tami is right, we often don't teach them well enough, or exhibit enough patience.
Most of the "training" I've done was with very motivated students, in high performance jets. Their career depended on sucessful completeion of the course, so they lived, breathed, slept that jet. It takes a whole different mindset to teach when the student may have no background, or little apptitude for the sport.
My wife has jumped ship several times to swim & cool off. I never use the rear beam, as it is easy to bend the tiller tie bar. She uses the V-brace at the front, or reaches up to grap a trap handle. Then while pulling herself upwards, swings a leg over the hull, & sort of rolls the rest of the way.[/quote]
