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Champipple
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Response Posted - 05/11/2011 : 12:35:55

We used to keep her an hour away. Working on the boat in the winter involved long lists of everything needed for each task, loading the car on Friday night and an early 4 or 5am communte. We'd work until dark, grab dinner in town, a few quick soda pops and hit the hay at a really cheap motel. (seasonal tourism makes for some really cheap rates in the winter). We'd repeat most of that on Sunday then head home. In the summer it was nice because I was a 3 hour sail to the closest Island a bit more to some of the others.

About 8 years ago we moved the boat and are 12 minutes from the house and 15 minutes from my office. (9 in between Home and office). Projects are now ad hoc. I can leave tools on the boat or in the dock box over a few weekends because I can always grab them in a pinch if needed. We can decide at 4 that we are eating on the boat and sailing afterward. The only downside is that we rarely spend a night on the boat.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 05/11/2011 : 12:50:33

Keeldad

Yeah - I am already remarried, I am quite happy right now, but things linger and they change the way you operate. Someday my life will be pleasantly boring. Then I won't know what to do with myself.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 05/11/2011 : 13:55:11

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by PCP777
My normal routine is cut out of work about 4PM on Friday and head to the store, pick up ice, beer, drinks and munchies and meet my wife and kid at the marina. She usually gets there at about 4:30 to 5:00, by then I have the boat rigged and ready to go. We wake up about 7:30AM or so Saturday morning, brew some coffee with the french press on the dock and go out again for a nice Saturday sail.
I feel very fortunate to be so close to my boat and to live in a climate where we pretty much do this all year round.
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Peter, I thought I was pretty lucky until I read your post! Hats off to you. You have it all. Don't blow it.

Mine will only come down to read a good book while in the slip.

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 05/11/2011 : 14:02:40

My wife has been on the boat twice while I worked on it... I am waiting for a really nice day to take her sailing on it for the first time. She has been sailing one other time with me on a different boat.. 45 degrees with 18+ mph winds... at least there was another very nice woman on the boat she enjoyed talking to.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 05/11/2011 : 20:01:44

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by keeldad
 It amazes me the amount of dedication people have to these boats.

BTW Prospector, I don't know where you are in the ex-wife thing but take it from me...it can and will get better. The only reason I'm living like I do and sailing is because my second wife is an absolute dream. She's the Emery of the "Emery C". You've got to love a wife who, when you broach the idea of a bigger boat (Emery C II...I'm no dummy),simply tells you to go for it. I probably wouldn't because the Emery C (I) is exactly what I want and need right now but it's nice to know what her position is on the topic.
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My second wife is awesome too. We actually spent a good deal of time looking for boats on our honeymoon!

When I found Andiamo she came down to take a look. Not being a boat person, when she got ready to get off she turned around facing the cockpit and stepped backwards toward the dock. About that time the wind moved the boat away from the dock and her foot missed the dock. She went straight into the water between the boat and the dock. Came up laughing!

Had to ride home (45 minutes) soaking wet too. And she still said "Go for it!"

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 05/12/2011 : 06:46:34

If my wife ever gets dumped in the water, I think her sailing/boating days would be over!

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keeldad
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Response Posted - 05/12/2011 : 08:49:09

Before I even asked my present wife out, I was standing outside her house with her when a guy pulled up in his car, rolled down the window and started chatting her up. Being a gentleman (at that time) and trying to inpress her with my gentlemanly ways, I discreetly moved out of earshot. After this guy left she explained that he had asked her out on his boat. I said "Oh yeah? what's he got?" She told me and I said "mine's bigger". The rest, as they say, is history

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PCP777
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Response Posted - 05/12/2011 : 09:18:44

Yeah I'm super lucky to have a wife that enjoys sailing and that is good at it. We actually have crewed on both an S2 7.9 and an Olson 30 during Dallas Race Week. Unfortunately recently we were rear ended in a car accident and her neck has been injured where she can't lift or pull really anything. As a result, despite my assurances to the contrary, she now feels "worthless" on the boat, she used to love to be involved in sheeting in the sails, adjusting the traveler etc. The only silver lining here is that now that she can't do all that work that she loved to do really the only thing she can now handle is the helm for short stints, which has helped her overcome her long standing fear of the helm. To me it's just single handing with my best friend on board.

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 05/12/2011 : 10:06:04

My wife does every thing except dock (maybe she'll feel ready this year), but her favorite job is lying in the sun on the foredeck to help counter my ballast in the stern. She also considers the genoa blocking the sun to be a good reason to tack.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 05/12/2011 : 10:25:27

Mine doesn't mind going sailing and she not afraid of heeling but she usually has something else to do so I normally sail single handed.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 05/12/2011 : 12:02:51

I'll repeat it; Peter, you've got it made. Not only with the wife but the buddies you hang with. So much more gets done when you have folks to help/that you help. And of course you get out sailing much more often too.

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tbosch
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Response Posted - 05/12/2011 : 12:40:45

It is 200 miles from our home in St. Paul, MN to our boat on Lake Superior but we still try to get to the boat as many weekends as we can during our short sailing season. Podcasts and books on tape help the 4 hour drive go quicker.

I also consider myself one of the luck ones in that my wife loves to sail. She can't wait until the boat is in the water. We gave each other an autopilot for Christmas and she asked for a replacement stove for mother's day (she doesn't trust the curtain burner). She likes to take the tiller and she likes heavy conditions.

And the sailing destination, Wisconsin's Apostle Islands, are an amazing cruising grounds. We try to do a one-week cruise during the summer in addition to the weekends. We are still a couple of weeks from a splash date... I better get busy finishing the woodwork I took off the boat last fall... I did get the autopilot installed, though!

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 05/13/2011 : 20:06:27

1:15:00 to the dock from the house...

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 05/14/2011 : 07:44:11

30 minutes from the house to the club. The boat stays at the club year-round, 5 months in the water and the rest on the trailer. My wife and I always sail together. She likes to relax, read and do puzzles but will help with all aspects of sailing if asked. We try to sail a couple of nights per week after work and at least once each weekend with occasional nights out on the lake.

I'm doing a lot less projects on the boat than I used to. Most of the obvious projects are done, the boat is well equipped, the sail controls are set, so now we're simply enjoying sailing.

Launch tomorrow!

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