"I could learn to sail," I thought. I was open minded. "I could be a woman who shreds!" I declared. There certainly are a lot of women who do. I was up to the challenge.

To abbreviate a long and painful story, Dave gave me two lessons in zero wind on an Astrorock, the newest addition to his brood, with a 6.0m sail that I could barely uphaul. "

He should kiss her feet and beg her everlasting forgiveness.