He's seen the video. OK with the sharing. He had a great time. Except for the drop.Don't forget the bruise to his ego, having everyone on SBO laughing "with" him.
Ouch!
- Will (Dragonfly)
That's the #1 comment we get from new crewmembers.... they had no idea how physical sailboat racing was going to be. It really is a team SPORT. Even at this level it takes skill, strength, coordination, and conditioning. On bow for instance, everybody we use looks like they could be a gymnast. No place for the slow, weak, or un-coordinated!
Good tip in general, but I'll give experienced crew a pass if they chose to forgo the 'one hand for me' rule when moving about outside the cockpit. If you enforced that 100% while racing, nothing would get done!
It always made me nervous when crew dogs wanted to sit up on the cabin trunk. Just seemed not ship shape and newbies were oh so vulnerable to flying jibes. There was a guy lost overboard some years back in an over night race in Block Island Sound. Was struck by the boom. I learned my lesson back in the day when I was a young crew dog on a 44 foot yacht. We were chugging in after cruising class with the main still set when a gust jibed the boom over and "..clunk...". Hit me a grazing blow. Skipper called "...who got hit...? Not a soul answered, especially me. Had a bit of an egg next morning but a lesson learned.
