-----Original Message----- From: Peter Sheppard [mailto:petershepp@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:16 AM To: passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com Subject: Re: Passagemaking-Under-Power Digest, Vol 70, Issue 13 What does a wife want? Jennifer, Perfect result, you have revealed a great insight that may unslave couples to reach out and go cruising. For a start my apologies for the "little Ladies" mention. It is a part of the Aussie idiom when we refer to our wives. (bit like the "old man" thing) Condescending it certainly was not meant to be, and possibly innapropriately placed on a predominately American site. What do we have here? A subject that hardly ever raises it's head for some reason, and here you are making a case for your cause, and I am delighted to hear your view, and hope that others may follow suit and chime in. This is a most talked about private subject between men that go passagemaking, or more to the point, aspire to go passagemaking but never make it because it's not the spouse's thing. A feeble excuse probably to justify my slant, but sometimes we have to have to spark plug to get things up and going and on to the table, and I hope I may be have been a little help here for PUP readers (just in lifting the posts for a start), but time will tell. People don't often share their real feelings on a site like this, mores the pity, but we can only try for those that may wish to put their view on the table, and you certainly have, so well done. How about telling us more about your experience with the lady skipper giving your tuition, as I bet there are lots of ladies wishing they could wrestle the con from the "big guy" (please gentlemen, this is not a condescending phrase) and get him wrapping up on the bullrails for a change. Hell, I'm going passagemaking with or without my wife anyway, but hopefully this thought provocation may break the ice a bit for guys/gals on the edge. I'm not getting paid for this, but the messenger usually get's shot anyway. Regards, Peter Sheppard