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Garry 
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 Topic: Starting from scratchPosted: 09 May 10 at 9:35pm |
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Tie the boat to a long line in a foot of water near the
shore, walk up and down towing her (no rig)... progress from there at her pace remember: even much older children have short attention spans at that age she learns by playing so ashore is nearly as good as on the water. you need 10 good experiences to negate a bad one. For older children the social side is more important than the sailing. |
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Garry
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 23 Apr 10 at 4:58pm |
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Not when she is in the boat with me Steve, I only pulled that face upon seeing your rump hanging over the side of a 3 covered in Neoprene!
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Steve411
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Posted: 23 Apr 10 at 12:53pm |
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As long as you don't pull THAT face when she's in the boat with you.
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 19 Apr 10 at 11:21pm |
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I Just love spending time with my little girl, with number 2 almost here (well it bloody should of been here 5 days ago) I am cherishing the thought of time on the river with my little girl in our pink mirror. Picnics and Daddy time make it exciting for her, which is great as with work commitments growing daily i struggle to see her in the mornings or evenings, which leads to many a sobbing phone call from her. Whilst the new baby needs only its mother, me and the girl will go sailing! Sheer Bliss.
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Fin.
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Posted: 19 Apr 10 at 10:54pm |
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Hi I have a boat I am hoping to sell as I was in the same position as you last year. (I am selling not because my som (3yrs) isn't interested - other circumstances force sale). Boat- Topper cruz classic. It's a nice stable 14 footer that sails well. assymetric, oars and out board. it has a aluminium centreboard so is stable. I bought because I wanted to introduce my son to sailing without 'scaring' him... am not sure plugging youngster straight into oppy's and racing circuits/teams is a great idea.... best do family stuff and pottering myself may be a little racing. Also the boat's versatile - oars/outboard. reefing so can do multiple things with it and you don't need to get family all dressed on neoprene just to sailing. also it's not a racing boat like a 400/200 where water can come in over the stern and feet get wet. plenty space and safe sailing. PM me if interested.
Cheers fin
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jeffers
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Posted: 19 Apr 10 at 1:42pm |
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My little girl goes out sailing with me. If the wind is really light then we take the Laser out together. If there is any real wind or one of her friends is around (from the club) we take the clubs Vision out. She just loves it, being out with daddy (especially if there are small colour balls floating so she gets to pick them up. She shows no interest at all in racing yet and I am not going to push her at all. For now she and i will continue to enjoy lazy afternoons on the water. I would never take her out on the water if there was no rescue cover though. Although she is confident in the water I would not want to take that risk. She is also one of thebig reasons i want to get my DI so I am more confident of my own abilities (nothing like a well run DI course to test you). |
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MerlinMags
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Posted: 19 Apr 10 at 9:14am |
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To a man, yes.
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alstorer
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Posted: 19 Apr 10 at 6:57am |
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Subtle clues, frankly.
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MerlinMags
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Pink fleece, pink socks, hearts on the trousers....yes, she's a girl. |
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Rob.e
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Posted: 18 Apr 10 at 4:37pm |
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I remember being taken to Sinah sands in Langstone after racing in my Fathers Ent each weekend. One day he told us we'd have to go "under the jib" if we wanted to go: I can still remember telling him I didn't mind, I had this image that for some strange reason we'd have to crawl up the foredeck and huddle under the jib, but if that meant I got to make sand castles, that was fine by me! My best advice would be whatever you do, make it fun- there have been gaps, but I'm still sailing with him, and I'm 51, he was 79 this week. I guess I was maybe 4 at the time of that memory? |
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