tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38495401.post8858228695573567269..comments2008-01-28T08:44:12.201-08:00Karen Toast Congerhttps://profiles.google.com/117645897260182920195noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38495401.post-28249606740130519992008-01-28T08:44:00.000-08:002008-01-28T08:44:00.000-08:00LOL! <BR/><BR/>What I can't even begin to imagine is how in the hell they survive? I mean, what happens when a tricky squall comes up and both hands are needed on deck? <BR/><BR/>I made my mark on our boat as soon as we bought her. The first damn thing I did was help my husband remove the chain backstay that was placed on the boat by a past owner who was a shrimper. We re-rigged it back to the original pulley system and it no longer looked like we needed a huge shrimping net trawling behind our 31ft sailing vessel.Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790787955193833733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38495401.post-79802088881825720832007-04-25T09:26:00.000-07:002007-04-25T09:26:00.000-07:00No, Toast, you are heck-and-gone not the only one! Thanks for linking to my blog. <BR/><BR/>I have been told flat-out that I won't be as good a sailor, because I am a small woman. As if that somehow matters in this age of leverage devices and indoor plumbing. <BR/><BR/>I laugh in their faces, and leave them in my fluffy pink wake, as me n' my multihull speed by. =)Laureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12481258874805195562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38495401.post-86965610699418913712007-04-25T08:37:00.000-07:002007-04-25T08:37:00.000-07:00Heh... I'm not the only one it turns out. On this same subject, a recent post from another fem sailor attending Strictly Sail: http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2007/04/16/show-dont-tell-sailing-sexism/Toasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01502441539444340761noreply@blogger.com