Posts Tagged ‘confidence’

Why does safety take practice?

Posted by John in Safety

When I was sailing a lot, I realized that what made sailing safe was that I was sailing a lot.
Because I had lots of practice, I saw situations develop and I knew ahead of time what to do. I knew how all the systems worked on the boat without reading any instructions and could go about the business of sailing night and day without any problems. The secret here is practice. More »

Competence is the key

Posted by Wilma in Boat handling, Women on sailing

The 1980 edition of the Governor’s State university magazine Creative Women is dedicated to sailing women and I quote from an article ‘First Time Skipper’ by Joan Shipley .
“Men it seems to me, are brought up to feel that they can and should; women that they can’t and shouldn’t.
It took me 9 years’ sailing to realize that I am a competent sailor and last winter I began to wonder whether I could break out of my allotted role. More »