From The Guardian newspaper: Stranded at sea: amateur female sailors speak of sexual abuse by captains they met online

[EYESAILOR]

Only thing I do with them is shoot at paper targets. Accurate pistol shooting is hard.

I was a 3P small bore rifle competitor in my youth. It required utmost precise control of sighting, breathing and posture. It was a challenge and it occupied me and I became good at it.
Then sailing came along and that has remained a life long passion.
I still occasionally like the focus of shooting at targets at a range but I think it is hard to be mediocre at something you used to be seriously good at. So I have not picked up a small bore rifle again but I took up hand gun shooting and KIS is right. One or two handed, it is incredibly challenging and the target never lies.
These are 3 very talented ladies

Competitive shooting has some similarities to sailing upwind in a highly competitive dinghy fleet. You need to be precisely in the groove and very focused.

Unlike sailing boats, most guns were designed for hunting or killing people so I prefer telling people how much I love sailing and I dont say much about I once got a certain hard-to-explain level of satisfaction from shooting. Its too political and misunderstood. I bet that half of my friends have no idea that I know how to shoot.

Back to sailing...

 

[kinardly]

I was a 3P small bore rifle competitor in my youth. It required utmost precise control of sighting, breathing and posture. It was a challenge and it occupied me and I became good at it.
Then sailing came along and that has remained a life long passion.
I still occasionally like the focus of shooting at targets at a range but I think it is hard to be mediocre at something you used to be seriously good at. So I have not picked up a small bore rifle again but I took up hand gun shooting and KIS is right. One or two handed, it is incredibly challenging and the target never lies.
These are 3 very talented ladies

Competitive shooting has some similarities to sailing upwind in a highly competitive dinghy fleet. You need to be precisely in the groove and very focused.

Unlike sailing boats, most guns were designed for hunting or killing people so I prefer telling people how much I love sailing and I dont say much about I once got a certain hard-to-explain level of satisfaction from shooting. Its too political and misunderstood. I bet that half of my friends have no idea that I know how to shoot.

Back to sailing...

Amen to this. I did a lot of small bore rifle and shotgun shooting in my youth, thanks to a dad who was an avid sportsman, but I was totally unprepared for the challenges of pistol shooting when it came time to qualify with the Navy's standard officer sidearm, the 1911 A1 Colt 45. Much to my surprise, I earned the Expert rating and still have the medal in my memorabilia drawer but I have to say that's more a reflection of the low standard than of real world proficiency. In fact, if I had to choose a weapon for self defense in any kind of likely chaotic scenario, it would probably be a 35 inch Louisville Slugger or a seven iron. Real world pistol proficiency takes constant practice and refinement. To do otherwise is to invite someone to take your gun away and use it on you.

Yeah, like she said, back to sailing.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

55 countries later street smarts is still the only weapon I’m ready to brandish.

62, thank you very much, though my wife argues that layovers don't count, in which case it's same as yours. Been robbed in Puerto Rico, Tegucigalpa, and Golfito (once at gunpoint) and stolen from in several. Had my nose smashed by an Armenian headbutt at a bar in Bali, choked out an italian guy in a bar in Panama. Other fights inconclusive, never been in a weapon fight.

I have never carried a gun outside the US. I only carried in the US when I was traveling with cash or valuables.

More anecdata for whomever is tallying

 

[guerdon]

Eyesailor, thanks for the post. As a kid also shot smallbore, we were hard core and It realy helped my light wind skills, something about riding your heart beat, translates to watching for puffs and shifts. Greatly misunderstood and sadly misrepresented.

 

[Secret Experiment]

Had my nose smashed by an Armenian headbutt at a bar in Bali,

Ah, the old Glasgow kiss.....

 

[Rasputin22]

I like the Glascow Kiss term. That made me want to come up with this term for my pirate story.

The Negril Knuckle Kiss

 

[Virgulino Ferreira]

 

[he b gb]

62, thank you very much, though my wife argues that layovers don't count, in which case it's same as yours. Been robbed in Puerto Rico, Tegucigalpa, and Golfito (once at gunpoint) and stolen from in several. Had my nose smashed by an Armenian headbutt at a bar in Bali, choked out an italian guy in a bar in Panama. Other fights inconclusive, never been in a weapon fight.

I have never carried a gun outside the US. I only carried in the US when I was traveling with cash or valuables.

More anecdata for whomever is tallying

not tallying, just wondering if this is you?