T&T: older parents doing the loop

[Tucker Coxwell]

They can do it===give them courage and determination.
AGILITY----you bet it is a problem BUT with patience nearly any funvtion on 
the boa can be taken  care of.

The anchor windlass would be of great help to them ---I don't lkmpw abouty a 
bow thruster, if you dont make the dock on the first or second try, you can 
keep working on it until you  are there.

Stamina can be prolonged , again with patience and willingness to kinow you 
cant do everyhthing as you used to do .

Enourage them to go----I started the loop at eighty and took three years to 
complete it.  I was single-handing a 30' Island Gyhpsy---wonderful 
boat==Friends and family camne along at times  and it was great having them. 
This year a 76 year old lady came along (her first boating experience) with 
me from Texas to the Bahamas and back.  We did good and had a  wonderful 
time.  CAN DO!

Tucker Coxwell
"gipsea"
Rockport, Texas