On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 5:17 PM Dennis C. via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote:
> Keep it relaxed. Have fun. Focus more on the enjoyment than the > performance. After the crew starts showing up regularly, they'll start > wanting to be more competitive. It should come from them. > > Give out a bunch of T-shirts. When other folks see your crew on the dock > and on the boat in them they'll want to race with you to get one. I get > mine from https://www.maritimetees.com/. They're reasonably priced and > you can get your boat name/logo on them. > > As for the rant. Get off the helm!! Let them drive. Rotate positions. > Let them do their positions. Unless there is a safety issue, suggest > corrections later. > > We have a local boat where the owner always drives. He's not a great > driver. His attention is everywhere but driving. He pinches constantly. > (SLOW) Result: boat rarely sails well. Crews don't like to stay on a boat > that is a perpetual loser. > > Remember, there is a BIG difference between RACING a sailboat and > developing a racing sailboat PROGRAM. As the skipper, you have to assess > each crew member's strengths and weaknesses. Maximize their strengths. > Minimize their weaknesses. > > When I say each crew I mean it. I rarely drove Touche'. Make no mistake, > I'm a pretty good driver. But during our most successful years, we had a > guy who was better. The driver ONLY drove. I usually did foredeck. Doing > foredeck, I was idle a lot of the time. It worked out well because I could > focus on training, tweaking, encouraging crew to do their finest. I could > also focus on the boat and tactics. After each race we popped beers and > had a critique. > > Too often the owner tries to drive, call tactics, call sail trim, and > everything else. To me, that's not a recipe for success. > > We had a boat here where the skipper provided crew T-shirts. Great! > Until he collected them after each race. :( > > Again, it's a program. It's not an ego trip for the skipper/driver. > There's more than one boat in my area folks just don't want to sail on. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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