[Rhodes22-list] Non-sailing Spouses (was Vancouver, BC)

[elle]

Mary Lou,

I'll piggyback on you and add "consummate" sailor:

<<(adjective ˈkɒnsʌmət| :showing a high degree of skill and flair>> 


It just doesn't GET any better than this!

elle



We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Fri, 1/16/09, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Non-sailing Spouses (was Vancouver, BC)
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 8:24 AM
> There might be a 4th category: mutual interest & active
> partner. It 
> could be considered as part of #3 but I think it is a step
> from 
> enjoying sailing to being an active sailor and being a
> participant in 
> all the decisions about the boat and sailing. In that case
> each 
> participates in keeping the other interested. It probably
> means I 
> don't have anything else to add to this discussion as
> Fred and I both 
> had very little experience sailing but were very interested
> in it 
> when we met. It grew as a mutual interest.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
> 
> 
> At 02:02 AM 1/16/2009, you wrote:
> >I'm curious, why is she a "decidedly
> non-sailing wife"?
> >
> >My wife "went along" with me on the sailboat
> thing, until I did some
> >things that made her enjoy the experience more. I'd
> be curious hearing
> >from the list. I'm sure everyone's spouse or
> significant other fits into
> >one of three categories:
> >
> >1 Decidedly non-sailing
> >2 Ambivalent about sailing
> >3 Enjoys sailing
> >
> >If your spouse is in category 1 or 2, what is it about
> the sport that
> >keeps them from moving up a level? If they are in 2 or
> 3, what are you
> >doing that keeps them from moving down a level?
> >
> >Face it, if your spouse or SO participates in your
> hobby, whatever it
> >is, you will get to enjoy it more. If he/she does not,
> you'll often be
> >faced with the decision of leave them behind or leave
> the sport behind.
> >Neither is a good choice.
> >
> >Metaphor wrote:
> > > A couple of questions:
> > >
> > > I will be in Vancouver, BC in mid June with my
> decidedly non-sailing wife.
> > > However:
> > >
> > > We will be there a week, and as you know, absence
> makes the heart 
> > go fonder,
> > > so, are there any Rhodes' sailors in
> Vancouver?  And if so, what would be a
> > > good diversion for a couple of hours to get my
> wife off on her own while I
> > > mooched a ride on the Pacific, dodging whales and
> such? (hint, hint...)
> > >
> > > More broadly, what is good and not so good, from
> personal experience as to
> > > what to do (or not to) and where to (or not to)
> stay while in Vancouver, or
> > > Victoria BC?
> > >
> > > Another sailing related question, are there any
> Rhodes currently sailing in
> > > Europe, especially in Germany?
> > >
> >
> >--
> >Herb Parsons
> >
> >
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