girls or boys?

i think more girls should take an active part in sailing as it would give me sommmink eles to look at around the race course. altho my helm would probibly shout at me for not paying attention to the boat. lol.

As a helm, I can be quite shouty. Definately a helm thing. When I do crew which is very very rare, I sometimes wish I didn't shout as much!  One of my regular crews, when we sometimes swap round, deliberatly mocks me by shouting my set of stock phrases when it's not necessary.

>what is it about you helms that you always have to shout??

I think it's because it's easier from the helm's position to feel how the boat's going - lots of useful information comes through the rudder. The odd thing is when helming, I can feel/know exactly how the jib should be set. When I crew I find it more difficult to get it just right.

Also, I have a fairly good instinct for when a boat's likely to capsize. My favourite thing to shout on my 4000 is "up-up-up-up" to my crew, which means get up and sit on the rack pronto (ie. after tacking and/or to help the boat bear away) - otherwise we're going swimming! 

Some crews can be a bit slack at concentrating on the spinnaker too.

Edited by James Bell

it´s ok if the helm tells you that the jib should be set different and when he shouts at me everytime i´m too slow, but often the/my helm exaggerates a bit and shouts at you for every little bit!  please keep yourself calm!

as a helm i just want to say we arent all "shouty", im sure i get more abuse from crews than i give.....well maybe pretty equal. This may be because they are always bigger than me.