I think I'll sell my boat and crew for you! Gary S/V Expresso '75 C&C 35 Mk II EGYC
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:47 PM, <cenel...@aol.com> wrote: > I may be a little generous but as skipper I usually provide lunch > sandwiches, drinks (water and Gatorade while racing, beer and liquor after > racing is over) and snacks. > > If there is a dinner or party afterward where meal tickets are involved, I > buy tickets for the crew expected on board usually at least 6. The boat is > available for them > to sleep on if the regatta is a 2 day affair, although if feasible I > often pay for a motel room so that some of the crew and I get to crash off > the boat. 6-8 men sleeping on a > 36 footer is a little crowded, even though she is air-conditioned. > > I have crew that have been with me since they first came on the boat in > 2004 and others that have joined over the years so that I now have a core > crew of about > 8, the most recent of which has been with me for over 1 year. I have not > yet lost a good crew to another boat and several of the current crew knew > nothing about sailing or racing when they joined. > For the top crew, I provide associate memberships in our local, paper only > racing clubs both to keep them up to date on club activities and to support > the clubs at $25 per yearly membership. > > My crew chief (now in his 9th year on board) is responsible for the email > crew calls, assigning duties on board and arranging for delivery crew, > including himself pretty often. He knows the operation of the boat almost > at my level and has delivered it with crew (without me on board) several > times. > > I am always willing to have new crew on board and if they 'click' with me > and the other crew, they get invited back. If not, and there have been a > few of them, they are not asked back. > The only ones not asked back in recent memory is one who thought he knew > more about big boat racing than he did and another who was entirely too > casual about it all. Both were competent sailors, however. > > Crew are totally responsible for all sail handling, including folding, > rolling, removing, stowing, and reattaching, etc. as well as all line > handling when I take her into the slip in reverse. > Before and after racing, they get a chance to steer her both under sail > and while motoring. > > Since I will be out of racing for the next 2 weekends for class reunions, > the crew will race her without me in a ~ 20 mile distance race this > Saturday and then in a 2 day regatta the following weekend for which I > bought the crew dinner tickets. > > IMHO, I treat them as team mates who allow me to pursue my racing passion. > Without competent crew, I could not race my 36 footer at all. > > This is not to say that they don't take a fair amount of abuse > occasionally when there are the inevitable foul-ups during racing, nor are > they bashful about giving the skipper some abuse when I lose concentration > at the helm or put my skipper/boat owner nose into something that I don't > need to while at the helm. > > We strive to win within our club racing circuit but most importantly we > have fun. The above philosophy has worked for me since 2004 (when I got a > new set of racing sails and decided to get 'serious' about my club racing) > and we have slowly but steadily moved up in the standings as the > boat, its handling and the skipper and crew have climbed the learning curve > while having a great time. YMMV. > > > > Charlie Nelson > Skipper > Water Phantom > C&C 36 XL/kcb > > > cenel...@aol.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Nelson <nelson2...@eastlink.ca> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 11:35 am > Subject: Re: Stus-List Who pays for the food and beer? > > As* crew:* > I bring beer for skipper and crew. Lunch we usually fend for ourselves. > Other crew bring snacks and rhum as required. > Skipper brings boat, wisdom (usually) and a wack load of spare parts. > I find it a great boat to race on, and don't expect anything more than > everyone's best efforts. > > As *Skipper*: > I usually fill in the blanks on bringing beer and/or Rhum depending on > ships stores. > I don't think I've ever brought snacks, but I have brought a BBQ once for > after race raft up. > Crew usually brings beer/rhum and ice and other necessities of life. > I haven't heard any complaints and the core team has been together since > I've moved to Nova Scotia > two years ago. > > Cheers, > Jeff Nelson > Muir Caileag > C&C 30 > On 07/24/12, *Oban Lambie *<oban.lam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've always provided snacks, water, sandwiches and beer for my Tuesday > nite racing crew. My wife just realized this and says I'm too generous > - implying that the crew should bring their own. > > Sounds cheap and wrong to me as I'm grateful that the crew comes along > but wanted to know what you other racers do? > > Thanks, > > - Oban > > Circe > C&C 29-1 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo > Albumhttp://www.cncphotoalbum.comcnc-l...@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~
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