[C38] "Re-invent the Wheel"

[Les]

Or, "I have never gotten seasick!"...  I always make sure those folks
are on the lee side going out, and switch as required when tacking.

;-)

I seem to recall something written up in Latitude 38 about this, and
also some legal stuff that might be applicable.  

	A quick google led me to this article:
http://www.sailtalk.net/2009/09/sailing-etiquette-part-4-your-onboard-guests/



Regards,
Les H

On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 18:15 -0400, Tom T. wrote:
> Checklist for first time guests sailing?  The most common occurrence I
> can think of with taking people who have never sailed before is they
> get in their bathing suits, go forward on the fore deck, and after
> warning them of the powerful sun's rays in central Florida, they
> always say "I never burn."  Every time I hear that idiotic remark, I
> know I will have to listen to them complain all night of their sunburn
> as they drink my adult beverages to diminish their pain keeping
> everyone else awake all night as they suffer.
>  
> I can't count the times this scenario has repeated itself on my boat.
> Nothing I say seems to work to keep my guests from grilling themselves
> to well done or charred.  I cringe any time I hear "I never burn" no
> matter when or where I hear it from all the suicidal solar experiences
> I've observed on my boat.
>  
> How do you put this on a check list?  Is "Natural Selection"
> appropriate here and just let nature run its course?
>  
> Tom Troncalli
> Sunny St. Pete, Fla
>  
> 
>  
>         ----- Original Message ----- 
>         From: Patrick Harpole 
>         To: Catalina 38 Listserve
>         Sent: 10/11/2009 1:33:45 PM 
>         Subject: [C38] "Re-invent the Wheel"
>         
>         
>         I wonder if any of has developed or have a check list for
>         people you take sailing whove never done it before?
>         
>         Items such as how to flush the head, how to use the radio,
>         basic man over board procedure.
>         
>         Patrick 
>         
>         
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