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Originally posted by jaydub Anybody else not able to see Mike's pic of the icon?  Visible in Safari, but nothing there in Chrome.

Originally posted by scotsfinn What a nasty thing to do to such a lovely looking boat .... The crew shouldn't have an armchair they should be working -

Some crews would rather enjoy their sailing and I for one don't want to wreck my knees any further by squatting astride the centreboard case for an hour....
Nice to see no lumpy bits on the thwart too - one ripped drysuit is enough.

Sorry, but Knickers to the crew! In light winds the helm sits on the thwart and the crew scrambles about to leeward and forward. After all who paid for the boat. Ok will now run and hide.
Sorry Thunder but why have a boat designed for two sails and keep using it with just the main when singlehanded? I used to sail the 400 with main and Jib and in the light kite as well.

Crews should always be dangled outside the boat bouncing about on and off the water unless there is some useful task to perform inside the boat, like spinnaker erection, or water ejaculation..

If we are talking in stereotypes .. perhaps the helm can 'provide' the boat and the crew the optional Thwart maybe ?

Crews can sail just about whenever thay want - helms on the other hand often have to make the prospect attractive.  For some that might mean the odd beer or three is offered, for others a thwart.  For still more both of the above incentives and any number of further promises plus occasional apologies and grovelling for 'poor' behaviour and hysterical outbursts.      

Mike L.