Cadets now singlehanders

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?