proper etiquette on a fun day of sail. the skipper is in charge. it is his job to teach the crew. you need to teach your friends that they are your crew for the sail. remind them of their childhood delight of playing on a jungle gym. explain that a sailing vessel is even more fun as it is a moving, tilting, bouncing jungle gym. explain that the will have to move around many times during the sail. explain that they will need to help with the lines and you will teach how as the sail develops. as soon as your in clear water tack 4 times so the crew can practice moving around and adjusting lines. show them how a boat beats into the wind. show them how a boat reaches. show them how a runs with the wind. let them experience the different moods of sailing. throw up the spinnaker and get them excited. then while this is going on explain to them that during all this excitement that a picnic os going on simultaneously. pass the pb&j please. teach them to wave at every passing vessel, an old tradition of the sea. teach them that healing is normal and that the need to get their childhood jungle gym skills going like they were 6 again.
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don't want to sit on a bench for an hour , move once and sit on a bench for another hour. they could of done that at home. sailing can be an adventure or sailing can boar you to tears. light up the vessel, light up your friends. they will want to crew for you again. they will bring more buds too for another exciting ride.
keep your crew moving about. keep then trying new things. teach them it takes practice. sail the boat all around to give them more practice.
girls love dancing, teach them that campaiging a vessel is like dancing on a moving dace floor. it's a hoot.
who wants to sit on a bench like they are waiting for a bus. no one !
they are not 'guests' they are 'crew' in training.
no one wants a boring time.
tell them that all mistakes are the captains, not theirs. it's the captains job to teach them, and you will.
if a crew rips the head apart it's the captains fault for not properly teaching them. that's right . i said it.
if you don't get your crew energized and trained up you'll be sailing alone. that's not for me, i hear some like it, i like a vessel sailing well and pushing hard, it takes crew. i have many local crew always wanting to go out with me, for a day or a month.
don't bore your friends, get them rocking. they came to have fun
. On my O 222 and B235 I'd let the guests tack the boat.
