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From: Len den Besten (no email)
Date: Sun Feb 05 2006 - 07:00:09 EST
Hi Lisa,
You sure sound positively hooked and also like a determined sailor.
I respect the accomplishments you mentioned and I am sure you are
way ahead of others who are not paraplegic but underestimate or
ignore the nasties Mother Nature can throw at them.
It should be no problem whatsoever for you to crew and gain the
necessary extra self-trust before you will go singlehanded.
There is a lot of possibilities to make single-handling a lot more
easy with even relatively simple alterations. A once met a german
sailor who had a 27 ft sloop. He had lot's of things invented to
lighten the single handling. F.i he could drop and retract the
anchor without any trouble from the cockpit, did his reefing from
the cockpit with ease and so on.
This group is a fine source for advice on boat-choice and for
generating possible solutions for the specific problems or questions
you pop up.
Regards,
Len.
--- In , "Lisa W" <calypsoracing at dot dot dot >
wrote:
>
> hi my name is lisa and I am a new member to your group. I am
> excited to learn more and would love to sail to Europe sometime.
> If I cant get on a boat with someone then I am going to find a way
> to fund my own vessel that is seaworthy and can make the distance
> there. I cant wait and want to make this dream a reality. I am a
> paraplegic sailor and enjoy racing and cruising. I am U.S.
> Sailing certified and in heavy winds as well. I have taken the
> U.S. Coast Guard Safe Boating course and here is Florida it is
> voluntary which with all the boats we have it should be
> mandatory. Some of the folks out there on the water
> shouldnt be there cause you can tell they either have no manners
> or dont know what they are doing. I dont want to be one of them
> for sure. I dont plan on going to Europe solo and just the
> experience of going would be awesome to me. I wish I could solo
> but I know my limits and not sure that I am comfortable with that
> yet. I think sharing the experience would be fun anyway. Well
> enough about me and I hope you have much to teach more and I will
> review thru some of the prior posts and look forward to meeting
> you.
> fair winds
> Lisa
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