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The Attributes of an Outstanding Skipper
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:33:43 -0500, DSK wrote:
says... ..... The skipper saw everyone quitting and figured all he had to do to win was finish. And finish we did at 3AM (race started at 1PM. No committee boat but his understanding is since there was no time limit on the race he just had to cross on the right side of the sea buoy that made up one half of the line. Umm, did they actually award this genius a finish time for doing this? My understanding (from my brother-in-law) they gave him the cup. I never saw or talked to him again. This all happened in the late seventies. While bobbing around out there, this fool had us doing all kinds of idiotic things to get the boat moving. For instance he had read in a dead calm if you ease forward and then run briskly aft you will make the boat move. He actually wanted us to do that. John Cairns wrote: IINM, that sort of thing is illegal under the rules of racing. Not only is it illegal, it's very counterproductive *unless* the crew practices the moves to get some actual measurable propulsive effort. The best way to get the boat moving & keep the boat moving in a drifter is to have the sails trimmed properly and keep everything absolutely still. One of the benefits of regualr racing is that you get a chance to actually try out rocking, pumping, sculling, etc etc, when there are other boats next to you, and see if your technique helps the boat move faster. Then you watch other doing it, sometimes there are guys who are quite good at it. You work at improving, until you can make the boat move that way. Most race skippers will provision their boats for the crew. He did not and told us when we found out before the race that we did not have time to get some food and beer. I'd have left the boat right then. Dehydration is not a joke. The only reason I didn't pitch him overboard was because of the Brother in Law. Dave Doe wrote: LOL - great post mate! PS: surely there *would* have been a time limit, or at least, one should have been imposed during the race when the wind dropped, and the course shortened. Was a radio not a requirement? Apparently not. DSK |
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