No need to apologize, Claire. I appreciate the verse. As it happens I did stick it into the wrong place. It's nice to get it into the right place.

Where is "around here"? In Maine there are plenty of women sailing, both for leisure and professionally. There are women as captains, mates, and crew members on the big cruise schooners. I have one friend in Portsmouth, NH, with her captain's license.

And the crew I sing with (Roll & Go) has always included women. There is a need to have women singing this music and keepiung the traditions alive. There are some great woman singers in Portsmouth, NH, singing this stuff including our own Jeri who has a wonderful voice and great delivery.

And there are women working as riggers and crew members at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut as well.