Kids as Crew

Here at The Monkey's Fist, our goal is to continually provide a place for newbies, wanna-be's, dreamers and planners to find information from real cruisers with experience. The topic "Kids as Crew" explores what it's like to have our children aboard and what types of jobs, responsibilities and chores they assume. Because like my mother always said, "Why do you think I had three girls? So, I'd never have to do the dishes again!!"

Divisions of Labor: Who Does What on Board?

The ladies, they fix the head while men are baking bread

and women deal with feds but guys are making beds

and everyone sews...

(with sincerest apologies to Cole Porter's, Anything Goes) 

Oh, these modren times we live in! On a boat, traditional gender roles get tossed right out the porthole...or do they?