ColinHuggins
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Re: \"Cowardy Custard\"
(That's the skoolkids version, right?)
If you've spent time sailing with a crew of, say, 4 or 5 - pref as Skipper, but not necessarily - then you will have learned a routine for almost every likely manoevre.
Then do it all yourself, unaided. For example, no-one with a roving fender? Then hang fenders everywhere BEFORE the approach.
Some tasks need specialised gear - sail-furling and stacking for example; some are quite impossible - you'll never be able to trim the kite and pull down a slab at the same time, probably not hoist a kite at all; and some situations must be avoided at all costs (see my posts on berthing upwind/uptide and failing miserably!).
The end result is rewarding when you get it right - but beware: you'll soon lose potential crew fed up at feeling like a spare part!.
(That's the skoolkids version, right?)
If you've spent time sailing with a crew of, say, 4 or 5 - pref as Skipper, but not necessarily - then you will have learned a routine for almost every likely manoevre.
Then do it all yourself, unaided. For example, no-one with a roving fender? Then hang fenders everywhere BEFORE the approach.
Some tasks need specialised gear - sail-furling and stacking for example; some are quite impossible - you'll never be able to trim the kite and pull down a slab at the same time, probably not hoist a kite at all; and some situations must be avoided at all costs (see my posts on berthing upwind/uptide and failing miserably!).
The end result is rewarding when you get it right - but beware: you'll soon lose potential crew fed up at feeling like a spare part!.