[Newbiesaukee]

Originally Posted by Descant

My wife and I share the duties, and now she drives more than I do.
However, too many boaters and the audience on the dock expect that a man will always dock perfectly, and that women can't drive boats.

Let your wife drive. If she's perfect, say "Perfect, Honey. Just like we practiced. You remembered everything."

If she makes a little misjudgment, and we all do, look at the chauvinists on the dock, shrug your shoulders and say "Close to perfect, Honey."

If I did this, I better have my PFD on because I'd be going for a swim. A condescending "honey" doesn't go over well in my house. The last guy who referred to my wife as " honey" in a not good way had the phone ripped out of the wall in his guardhouse. This was many years ago but it taught me a lesson..