[Public-list] backing an Alberg

[Peter Staehling]

Gordon, I agree 100% (except the wimp part), but I
figure I should be able to get this down for
singlehanding and with crew.

I either single hand (70%), sail with my wife (12%),
or with my daughter (12%).  The remaining 6% is with
both and/or other crew.

My experience with the yelling thing is that since I
have adopted a laid back never get excited attitude,
my wife has suddenly become MUCH better crew.  She is
much more likely to do what is needed and even handles
tasks that I wouldn't have trusted her to do before. 
She commented on how nice it was to sail without the
yelling and seems to enjoy sailing more and want to go
out more often.

Pete
#554

--- Gordon White <gewhite at crosslink.net> wrote:

>     I may be a wimp, but in part because I either
> single-hand or sail 
> with my wife, at whom I do not want to yell, I don't
> back into my slip. 
> (She always grabs the wrong line or doesn't grab any
> line and  we have 
> to try again.)
> 
>     Of course I need to be more sensitive... as we
> drift helplessly out 
> of reach of the dock lines, but that's another
> story.
> 
>     Anyway, my feeling is there is very little room
> for error backing 
> INTO the slip, but if I head in and back out, there
> is a lot of room in 
> the creek and even if I get headed up-creek instead
> of down-creek, there 
> is room to circle. And little to hit.
> 
>     My Alberg in reverse is like my cat - she goes 
> where she wants to go.
> 
>     I love my wife, my boat and my cat and have to
> live as best I can 
> with all three.
> 
> - Gordon White
> A-267

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