Feet like side show Bob and rumoured to be accident prone but ....

[Badger]

A really good Laser sailor and mentally mature and a responsible drinker aged around 38 years. Would you have him aboard a cruising yacht. ( He can cook and is a trained IT engineer).

 

[bilbobaggins]

Yeah, if he brings his own single malt and half-covered digestives!

 

[Cerddinen]

You never know with dinghy sailors. I recall one very experienced and capable dinghy sailor who went to pieces as soon as the wind picked up and the waves increased. Despite years of sailing he had never actually been in a significant sea.

 

[Richard10002]

You never know with dinghy sailors. I recall one very experienced and capable dinghy sailor who went to pieces as soon as the wind picked up and the waves increased. Despite years of sailing he had never actually been in a significant sea.

You could find the same with an experienced cruising sailor. There is no doubt that good dinghy sailors know "how to sail", whereas the same doesnt have to apply to a good cruiser sailor.

 

[BrendanS]

A really good Laser sailor and mentally mature and a responsible drinker aged around 38 years. Would you have him aboard a cruising yacht. ( He can cook and is a trained IT engineer).

Take him out for a short sail, then a day sail, then a weekend, etc?

 

[fireball]

Depends on how long ....
but if he can cook - thats a bonus
He can fix any electrical thing that goes wrong
Being a really good laser sailor he'll probably sort your sail trim out as well....

Oh - and if by really good laser sailor you mean he's done well in racing then he's probably a good lookout too - sounds like you could get an easy trip!!

 

[DJE]

...He can cook...

If he can cook at sea then nothing else matters. Take him.

 

[wotayottie]

Despite years of sailing he had never actually been in a significant sea.

He could well have been , but they look a lot less threatening from a Wayfarer than they do from the centre cockpit of a big boat. Odd that but it's true.

Anyway, he's got to be trainable as a foredeck man where big feet are a great help as are big hands and the sort of mental sensitivity (or lack of it) that often comes with jobs like IT!!! ;-)

 

[Poignard]

If he can cook at sea then nothing else matters. Take him.

Conor O'Brien wrote, in "Across Three Oceans", that he would always prefer to sail single-handed if it wasn't for the fact that he needed a cook.

 

[LadyInBed]

If he can cook at sea then nothing else matters. Take him.

That was my thoughts as well

 

[fireball]

sort of mental sensitivity (or lack of it) that often comes with jobs like IT!!! ;-)

I find comments like that very insensitive!! Right - back to SQL

 

[Allan]

mentally mature and a responsible drinker.

That would be enough to keep him off my boat.
Allan