Re: Genoa or spinnaker for an old venture 21
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:59 pm
stone_love wrote:thanks for the tip, i'll rule out the spinnaker since ill be doing 99% of my sailing solo...my 4 yr old won't be much help for a while on deck.
He assisted me with installing some hardware, he wanted to use a screw driver so i figured i'd let him hold a screw in place in the cockpit while i crawl under to tighten it down.
By the time i got under the cockpit he was lauging and my screw was free spinning.
I crawl back out to find him throwing my brass/SS hardware from the bag into the yard..was a fun game for him.
So yes...i will be sailing single handed...the admiral will probably just be watching the clouds and playing with whatever extra sheets he finds laying around the boat.
I started sailing with my son at Age 5 so I understand about the very little help. Funny thing is we did the exact same thing with the screw drive while replacing our winches. He held the screw drive and I went below with the wrench (even though he would have been a much better fit down there in the bowels.