My favourite female sailor
December 20th 2006 17:31
My favourite female sailor.
A few years ago I advertised on the web pages of an online magazine for crew to do twilight races with me on the Lane Cove River. I had a reply from a girl in Poland. If I could sponsor her she would come out and sail with me. By sponsoring she also meant pay the airfare, accommodation and so on. She was in her early twenties and a had a lot of sailing experience. I was not wealthy enough after several divorces to pay for her airfare but I did sponsor her with accommodation and work. She arranged to borrow her parents visa card and put her air fare on that and arrived in Sydney.
I went to meet her and was not sure whom to expect. A dumpy, frowsy chick or whatever. I was so surprised to meet a beautiful young woman with a huge friendly smile. I made her at home and gave her the spare room. (Yes I know what your thinking but he was thirty years my junior.) {I wish I wasn’t and could have taken the opportunity but I would act the gentleman}
In the morning my son came to visit and I was taking him to his sailing club for the afternoon. Natasza joined us and immediately started on at me about work. I ran a catering business and as I had explained to her she would have work when I had catering jobs. She needed work instantly and could not understand why I, as a perceived millionaire could not give it to her. Well she was persuaded to jump on a rivercat that day and go to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. The first Australian sailor she met was Ian Murray, yacht designer and world champion sailor. She asked him could she crew for him. No he said but he could introduce her around. Did I mention she was beautiful? No great problem introducing her around. So she had some crew offers now she needed work, She went to the café at CYCA and asked for the manager then asked for work. Very politely the manger gave her a form to fill in then told her they would ring her. “No” she said, “you don’t understand I need to work now!” So she started work that moment and worked there during most of her time in Australia.
Wherever she went she was welcome and she was ogled and of course every skipper thought he would have the advantage of her. But she knew how to use her charms. She was there to build her sailing career. She sailed on small J24s and maxi yachts intending to do a two handed race on the 60’ RSL.Com. with John Biddlecomb. She worked hard played hard and payed back the money into her parent’s Visa account.
Though she wasn’t ready that year for the Sydney Hobart she would do a return on the fateful yacht Innkeeper.
Continues tomorrow.
A few years ago I advertised on the web pages of an online magazine for crew to do twilight races with me on the Lane Cove River. I had a reply from a girl in Poland. If I could sponsor her she would come out and sail with me. By sponsoring she also meant pay the airfare, accommodation and so on. She was in her early twenties and a had a lot of sailing experience. I was not wealthy enough after several divorces to pay for her airfare but I did sponsor her with accommodation and work. She arranged to borrow her parents visa card and put her air fare on that and arrived in Sydney.
I went to meet her and was not sure whom to expect. A dumpy, frowsy chick or whatever. I was so surprised to meet a beautiful young woman with a huge friendly smile. I made her at home and gave her the spare room. (Yes I know what your thinking but he was thirty years my junior.) {I wish I wasn’t and could have taken the opportunity but I would act the gentleman}
In the morning my son came to visit and I was taking him to his sailing club for the afternoon. Natasza joined us and immediately started on at me about work. I ran a catering business and as I had explained to her she would have work when I had catering jobs. She needed work instantly and could not understand why I, as a perceived millionaire could not give it to her. Well she was persuaded to jump on a rivercat that day and go to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. The first Australian sailor she met was Ian Murray, yacht designer and world champion sailor. She asked him could she crew for him. No he said but he could introduce her around. Did I mention she was beautiful? No great problem introducing her around. So she had some crew offers now she needed work, She went to the café at CYCA and asked for the manager then asked for work. Very politely the manger gave her a form to fill in then told her they would ring her. “No” she said, “you don’t understand I need to work now!” So she started work that moment and worked there during most of her time in Australia.
Wherever she went she was welcome and she was ogled and of course every skipper thought he would have the advantage of her. But she knew how to use her charms. She was there to build her sailing career. She sailed on small J24s and maxi yachts intending to do a two handed race on the 60’ RSL.Com. with John Biddlecomb. She worked hard played hard and payed back the money into her parent’s Visa account.
Though she wasn’t ready that year for the Sydney Hobart she would do a return on the fateful yacht Innkeeper.
Continues tomorrow.
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