"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
I often take crew aside and ask them how they think
they did. In private they are quick to admit their faults
Some of them elaborate, and some just admit making a
mistake. I praise what they did well and stress the
concept of thinking ahead.

Good Grief Bart... that's awfully condescending. None of my crew to the man
woman or child would tolerate that attitude from a skipper. Any poor
performance of crew aboard a vessel is due to the skipper's short
comings.... not the crew. It's not about how quick they did a task, nor is
it about how flawlessly they preformed... it's about having fun on the
water.

A crack race crew behaves much differently than a cruising crew. The
expectations of the skipper should match the conditions. There is no "I" in
team.

CM