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LETTERS

class than sailing. Sometimes it seems that women are sacred cows these days, but we’ll stick by what we wrote.

But mind you. none of what we said had any reference to the kind

of crew women are - which seems to be the entirely different point you're addressing.

□ THE OWL IS A PUSSYCAT

My name is Owl. I am an eight-month old cat and I need to learn how to use the head instead of my stinky litter box. I know it can bedone, but how??? Please give us felines the poop on head training, or where to find out, or I can’t go cruzin’ with my human folks.

Thanks, not soaking wet yet.Owl

Come in and see the new ICOM M-12. And ask me about Introductory Pricing.

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12 VHF Channels that fit in the palm

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Owl — Maybe one of our reader's can help — how about you Urbanczyk? Or else write Dr. Miller, care of the Chronicle.

UBLUE SKY FOR A BLUE OCEAN

As a sailor and as one who very much enjoys the company ofwomen, particularly' on shipboard. I have closely followed thevarious letters and comments in your magazine in recent monthsconcerning women and sailing. Bob Vespa’s letter [Volume 56] par¬ ticularly hit home with me when he said, “Yet, none of this explana¬tion gets to the heart of the person we find most offensive. That’s theone who knows his own short suit in knowledge, experience, or talent, and yet is pushy enough to impose upon others however hemust in order to get what he’s after. The Great Imposters. They’re the pits!”

For myself and, I m sure, many others, sailing remains one of the few activities which hopefully can help us escape from the pell-mell,let’s-make-a-buck, look-out-for-Number-One world we live in. I find an honesty and a friendliness with sailors the likes of which I rarelyexperience with other new people. There is forthrightness in our dealings that I value highly both at the starting line and at the club over rum and tonics.

Anyway, as I was perusing the female crew list this month to look for familiar names I ran across that of a woman I know. I was surpris¬ed to see her name associated with ocean racing but 1 went intoshock when I saw that she had listed herself as having a Moderatedegree of experience. “Maybe you didn’t read carefully enough.That’s, ‘2 full (in italics) seasons or more’ and you know that’s noteven close to the case.” She sailed as a little girl, but as of January,the last time I saw her, couldn’t remember which hole that silly rabbittwent into on the bowline. Now this is someone who I know well andhad faith in her integrity and she’s misrepresenting herself. I start towonder who else is trying to supercede experience claiming they’resomething they’re not. Has the fierce competition for housing, jobs,and virtually everything in the Bay Area been carried into the sailingscene as well? Don’t these people realize that it won’t be long beforeyour skipper re-deposits you on the dock because you thought Vangwas a German Sea Dog. (Apologies to Beard and McVie.)

David DemarestSan Francisco

David — When you fill out your financial statement for a boat loanyou pad your income a little and slightly understate your expenses.Banker’s expect a little of it, and call it ‘blue sky’. We figure boatowners ought to expect a little ‘blue sky’ from respondents to thecrew list. A little fudging won’t hurt too much, and if a person fudges

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