why sailing

On a lighter note, to regain our sense of humor and show the outrageously funny side of sailing. My husband always tells this funny story about this guy he knew and sailing. My husband got the story second hand,anyway. This guy was an experienced sailor and he had a date he wanted to impress.This girl had never been sailing before and most definately did not know the lingo that goes with sailing. Well as the story goes, they were having a lovely afternoon sailing. This guy needed to change jibs. He headed the boat into the wind and left the girl at the tiller with instructions to hold the boat heading into the wind until he was finished changing sails. Well, she had just gotten the hang of keeping the boat into the wind when this guy started yelling at her to fall off. She thought it a ridiclious request, but he was so adamant about it, so she did just that- she fell off the boat. Now if you would like to know how my husband got this experienced sailor to jump off a sailboat, read my book SAILING SHIPS AND THEE.(you can get it at amazon, tate publishing, or your local book store).