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Just curious how many others enjoy sailing while not getting tan lines? I bought my sailboat last year and it seems most dates I’ve taken sailing had no problems enjoying the sun au natural, now my fiancée is the same way we quite enjoy sailing while soaking some sun!??
There is a whole sailing group here in San Diego devoted to sailing au natural. I am sure in Utah the church would not approve. I often wear a kilt when sailing so while not nude the chance for a wardrobe malfunction is high.
Clothing was not originally invented to provide cultural modesty. It was useful to protect the skin and some other organs in the process. I mean, I routinely get pockets and belt loops caught on the boat. Catching something more permanently attached does not seem wise.
lol some funny posts here LOL "Rope burn" LOL hum we happen to need a ride to Catalina island as were getting married Oct 15th i wonder if anyone from that San Diego club or anyone from here would let us hire them for charter? PM us Unfortuantely not clothing optional as well have 4 kids with us but would like to sail to Catalina rather then to pay the $70.00 per person round trip from the catalinaexpress charter speed boat =( Yikes!
lol some funny posts here LOL "Rope burn" LOL hum we happen to need a ride to Catalina island as were getting married Oct 15th i wonder if anyone from that San Diego club or anyone from here would let us hire them for charter?
SD to Catalina is a long sail,most likely two days. You want to leave from Long Beach. I belong to a club up there and could wear my kilt, but don't want to scare the children.
sailing naked is no question. if we are off shore then we are doing shifts there is no clothes on me...but when we are just day sailing us being father and son the clothes are on.
After a while it just feels natural, you even forget about wearing clothes, sometimes when I get off the boat and walk down the pier I hear people scream and well...
Actually, we were under sail there, you can see the mainsheet running out to starboard... The conditions that day were sportier than the pic indicates, probably blowing about 20 or so, somewhere off the Georgia seacoast. The boat was a Bristol 41.1, and she slid along very nicely downwind, in those conditions...
The second was taken about 30 miles off Myrtle Beach, tooling along at 19-20 knots on the approach to Frying Pan Shoals... That was a memorable day, we'd left Charleston for the run up to Morehead City, and the sea remained that flat for the entire way, just a hint of sea breeze finally started to kick in the last few miles out of Beaufort Inlet...
Plus, it was a Monday - that always adds a bit of spice and guilty pleasure to a day on a delivery... (grin)
Not only is she naked, she has not tan lines either and is extremely tan. As this picture looks a decade or two old, my guess is she now makes a monthly visit to the dermatologist for a melanoma check.
On our boat, crew can wear, or not wear whatever they like - except for proper shoes. We insist on protecting the feet/toes, and providing traction, etc. Might have to re-evalaute this policy vis-a-vis scrotum protection.
Two years ago, one of the regular crew brought his girlfriend onto the boat for the first time for a weekend sail. First words out of her mouth to me were, "I understand that nudity is permitted on board. I want you to know that I'm not cool with that." My response was nudity was not only permitted, it was encouraged and that I didn't really care if she was cool with it or not.
That was in the morning when the six or seven of us cast off. By 2 PM that afternoon, she was the first one naked and she stayed that way until we got back to the dock the following evening.
on our boat, crew can wear, or not wear whatever they like - except for proper shoes. We insist on protecting the feet/toes, and providing traction, etc. Might have to re-evalaute this policy vis-a-vis scrotum protection.
Two years ago, one of the regular crew brought his girlfriend onto the boat for the first time for a weekend sail. First words out of her mouth to me were, "i understand that nudity is permitted on board. I want you to know that i'm not cool with that." my response was nudity was not only permitted, it was encouraged and that i didn't really care if she was cool with it or not.
That was in the morning when the six or seven of us cast off. By 2 pm that afternoon, she was the first one naked and she stayed that way until we got back to the dock the following evening.
A diving budy of mine and me going mad with photo shop ....sometimes I just can't help miself. He is a cop and the department asked me for the originals so I e mailed them to the guys who made a large print and hung it up in the station. God did I have to listen to some technical terms after that stunt.
I see no reason why people shouldn't do what they want on their own boats as long as it doesn't harm someone else. No tan lines? No problem! We put all this work, money, worry and sometimes frustration into these boats, whats wrong with enjoying your time on the boat as you see fit?
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