Cadets now singlehanders

I thought this was a thing of the past. 2 reports from the worlds, and the only place to find crew names is in the results list, (and the sub headline, presumably inserted by Mark or Mags). Poor, very poor.

East Coast bastions.

I remember doing a Mirror Open on the Thames in the 60s (hms worcester?) where crews were not mentioned in the prize giving and were not called up , sounds like Cadets are still back there!

Hi Rupert

So I understand but it is also general point ... and it is not just associated with junior crews sadly.  It could be that Y&Y takes a strong position on crews 'mentions' and naming to 'encourage' a bit more of an inclusive approach.  Maybe responding when news is first received and asking the writer to add in the 'missing' names etc before it is processed further.    It could really help .... 

We need crewing classes to prosper as in the 'old days' many started in competitive sailing via crewing in 2 crew boats.  A relative decline in 2-crew boats can even be seen even against other -ve trends .... 'ignoring' the most important 'other' people in the boat does not encourage .....  

Happy new year .....


Edited by Cirrus - 31 Dec 16 at 6:35pm

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....
I've never sailed a cadet, but I recall a college friend telling me the perfect cadet crew was a small person who did very little. Were there not jokes about standing them in the bucket so they couldn't move at the wrong time?
A lot of youngsters start their racing lives as more or less passengers in a two person boat, before growing to get more involved. It's actually a great stength of sailing that people can crew at club level without being that critical to the club results.
Also trying to collate results for a long series where some people have a different crew every day is not possible with dodgy information.

Clearly what is right for an amateur club or a fun regatta is not right for a National Championship of a serious class though. But the 'amateur' amateurs are just as important for the sport.

By the way, I say this in the light of having enjoyed being the 3rd, 8th or whatever person on the boat and really not deserving a mention in the results. Can you imagine equal-ops reporting of Sigma 38s? by the time you'd listed the crew of the first boat, half the fleet would have passed by!