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Old 12-31-2006
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New to Sailing

Can't wait for the new season to get started! We've put out boat to bed for the winter even though she's still in the water. It just feels so wrong! Hi, let me introduce myself. New to this forum and sort of new to sailing. We bought a boat, 1979 Catalina 30, in April and sailed her all summer off Atlantic City, NJ. I never imagined that I'd like sailing...guess what...I don't LIKE sailing, I LOVE it!!!! We have three kids, two of whom HATE sailing. The baby (he's three) loves it though! He hoists the sails (pretend) when we are in port and just loves being on Daddy's boat! The two teenage girls could care less about sailing. I bet if we had a couple of teenage boy crewmembers, they'd change their tune.
Anyway, I stumbled onto this site after reading a book my husband gave me for Christmas and saw there's a Women's board here. Not very active, but here nonetheless! I'm doing lots of virtual sailing to get through the winter. We're axiously awaiting spring although the weather here has been quite mild. In fact husband was sailing on December 15th...without me! I was stuck at work and couldn't get out of it. If I could, I would have been out there too!

Gentle breezes to you all!
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