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    Posted: 10 Jan 17 at 2:38pm
Originally posted by RS400atC

 



As someone who sometimes has to sort results, a lot of people don't help themselves, crews being entered as nicknames or just left blank.



Aye, been there. 

With regard to our own results, we ( I say we) seem to have solved that issue........my crew insists on signing on herself. 
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Originally posted by transient

Originally posted by RS400atC

Face the facts.
The reality is an awful lot of two-person boats are sailed on the basis of the second person being less skilled/competitive/involved....



That isn't the case for a lot of teams.

My crew isn't as good at helming as I am but I'm not as good as crewing as she is. I wouldn't mind betting that this is the case on the majority of regular teams.......in our case she also does more work.


I didn't say it was everyone, but it is a lot of boats.
To win opens etc, the crew needs to be as good as the helm.
To get round the cans on a wednesday night, a lot of club sailors are taking whatever passenger they can get and making the best of it.
In between is where some crews don't get the recognition they deserve.

As someone who sometimes has to sort results, a lot of people don't help themselves, crews being entered as nicknames or just left blank. It's worse on bigger boats, sometimes it's just the person with the cheque book who gets any recognition,  not even the helm....
In my sailing career, Cowes Week used to only list'owner' or 'entered by' in the results.
How many crews in the AC do people take an interest in?
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I tried helming a Merlin once, we didn't do too badly, the next time I tried crewing, I think we were last or next to last. Crewing on some craft requires greater skill than helming imv.
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Originally posted by RS400atC

Face the facts.
The reality is an awful lot of two-person boats are sailed on the basis of the second person being less skilled/competitive/involved....



That isn't the case for a lot of teams.

My crew isn't as good at helming as I am but I'm not as good as crewing as she is. I wouldn't mind betting that this is the case on the majority of regular teams.......in our case she also does more work.

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football or rugby might be some trouble, but more technical sports like sailing and cycling etc probably like minded people, more enlightened if you like
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So long as you aren't a Clarkson wind up merchant or a politician, I'd imagine the locals will be very hospitable. Hope so, anyway.
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It's just good to see someone right at the top that I've actually watched doing ordinary club racing while I've been RO.
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Huge congratulations to Antonia Wilkinson on becoming world champ.
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Solved the problem... put the crews down 1st so if anyone gets missed it'll be the helm :) - http://smelt.info/entries
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