[Rhodes22-list] Perfect ending!

[Steve]

Excellent story, Roger.
Steve


--- Roger Pihlaja <cen09402 at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> When my two sons were young, we used to go out
> sailing together.  Quite
> often, their mother didn't come with us.  I never
> pushed the sailing.  I let
> the boys drive &/or trim sails when they wanted to,
> didn't make a fuss about
> the grape jelly stain on the genoa sheets, & let go
> down below in the cabin
> to take a nap or play with their toys when they got
> tired of sailing.  When
> they grew a little older, they would meet me at the
> door with their PFD's on
> & carrying mine when I would get home from work. 
> Now that they are 17 & 20
> years old, the most likely scenario is that there is
> simply an empty slip
> when I get home.  They will be out sailing with
> their friends.  I'm lucky if
> they fill up the gas tank.  We've used our R-22 as
> our magic carpet to get
> us out to wilderness areas that are nearly
> impossible to reach without your
> own boat.  We've had a lot of exciting adventures &
> the boat has been a huge
> part of it.
> 
> On memorable incident happened at the marina on
> Middle Bass Island in
> western Lake Erie in the summer of 1993.  At the
> time, Daniel was 10 and
> Gary was 7 years old.  We had just made a N-S Lake
> Erie crossing from Pelee
> Island, Ontario.  The marina on Middle Bass Island
> is privately operated by
> the Lonz Winery & has space for about 40 boats. 
> There were about 4 other
> boats in slips when we arrived just before sunset. 
> We motored around the
> marina basin for a couple of laps while we dropped
> sails, prepped dock
> lines, put out fenders, etc.  I could see there was
> a small group of
> chlidren, that were about Daniel & Gary's ages,
> playing on shore.  I asked
> them if they wanted to handle the docking.  The wind
> was very light & there
> was no current or waves, so it was a pretty easy
> docking situation.  Daniel
> won the coin toss, so he took the helm & Gary
> handled the dock lines.  I
> just stood in the cabin with my head sticking out of
> the sliding
> companionway hatch & watched.  Well, they handled
> the docking beautifully!
> The kids on shore just stopped what they were doing
> & watched.  So did their
> parents on the other boats.  Both Daniel & Gary were
> so proud they were 10'
> tall!  After securing the boat, they joined the
> group of kids on shore as
> instant heros.  Later that evening, around the
> campfire, some of the other
> dads asked me how I got my boys to be so proficient
> at such a young age.  I
> told them you should never yell & always try to
> create an environment on
> board wherein it's OK to make a mistake as long as
> you learn from it.
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Schultz" <BenS at ApproSystems.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:22 PM
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Perfect ending!
> 
> 
> > That must be really nice.  Heck, we feel pretty
> good about the day if the
> > dog doesn't throw up!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Weber [mailto:ruba1811 at hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:58 AM
> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Perfect ending!
> >
> >
> > Maby some day we will be able to share such a
> story.  Benny is not as
> > articulate with his passion for sailing.
> >
> >
> > >From: LafingBear at aol.com
> > >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Perfect ending!
> > >Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:58:15 EST
> > >
> > >Our boat had to be out of the water by last
> weekend so my daughter came
> > >down
> > >from Mass. and my son came up from DC to help. It
> was a perfect sailing
> > >day,
> > >steady wind, cool but not cold, sunny and only a
> few other sailboats out
> on
> >
> > >the
> > >lake. My daughter took the tiller as soon as we
> left the slip and I'd set
> > >the
> > >sails. We were flying, rail down , bottom of the
> genny almost in the
> water,
> > >and I suddenly realized I wasn't even tense. When
> I looked back at my
> > >daughter
> > >she was looking up at the wind indicator and
> smiling. "I love this Daddy,
> I
> > >really love this!!" When one of your children
> shares your love of sailing
> > >and
> > >has become a fine sailer , it makes everything
> even better! A perfect way
> > >to end
> > >the summer.
> > >jJim Gifford
> >
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