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Originally Posted by straightrod
Congratulations on taking your wife out. I tandem fished on a Hobie outfitter with my wife for 5 years 90% offshore.
Rented an Outfitter for her first time out. We just cleared the channel at Newport and the first little swell scared the hell out of her. He screamed turn around and I did. Her confidence quickly grew and now she is fearless (a little too fearless at times). We easily covered 10-15 miles almost every weekend on each outing.
Getting older means we upgraded to an Tandem Island. Now we can make La Jolla from Dana Landing  .
If I can just keep it from taking on gallons of water in mild seas I will be happy.
P.S. Never go completely against your wife's will to ensure her safety. Gently push the envelope on her comfort zone and she will grow accordingly. |
A tandem will never work for us, two different fishing styles we would drive each other nuts. I don't worry about her getting afraid but she is more cautious than I am. We have been skunked the last three times on the lake and that is getting old. So even if she doesn't catch any keepers she will at least be catching fish. I'll set her up with a krockodile so when ever she's paddling she can be trolling, maybe catch a bonita, that will get her pumped up. I'm 66 and she's a few years younger so we are in the same age backet you are. Once I get her used to Newport I want to get to La Jolla before all the El Nino bite is finished, I hate to be missing out on all of this.
I hope you get that leak fixed, that can't be fun paddling all that water around.