GL: Sngle handling locks on the loop

[Wayne & Lynn Flatt]

John Foltz gave a good treatsie on handling a boat in the locks yesterday.
However, singlehanding is much less about boat handling then it is about time
management and socialization concepts.

If single handling obviously one is doing everything, and in general living
aboard is a two person job.  before getting underway each morning one must
make provisions for fuel, food, chart selection, routing, boat prep, bodily
functions and a host of other things that are difficult to impossible for one
person to do while making a passage.  At the end of the day there is still
boat maintenance, dinner, next day routing and finding time to explore and
enjoying the benefits of cruising.

The actual boat handling is a piece of cake compared to the day in and day out
routine tasks.

Sure it can be and is accomplished, but it takes planning, pre-meditation and
a strong desire to be on ones own.  I personally, don't have a reason to live
that way, though there are a few out there that do.  We know personally three
single handed female sailors and know of five male single handers.  Each
prefers not to be alone, but find the adventure too appealing to dismiss
because of loneliness.

Wayne & Lynn Flatt
MV Skinwalker