[Public-List] Cruisers vs. Racers

[George Dinwiddie]

Roger L. Kingsland wrote:
> On the other hand, while cruising I learned that when the skipper's fiancée
> is below making home made hollandaise sauce for eggs Benedict with the boat
> heeled 18 degrees, it is less dangerous to run aground than tack away from a
> leeward shore and loose "cuisine queen equilibrium".  More importantly I
> learned that fiancées actually will undertake to make hollandaise from
> scratch while heeled 18 degrees but wives, even though the same person,
> would sooner eat dirt.  I kept her, and she me, anyway.

And Jeanne is certainly a saint for doing so.

  - George

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