What makes a good skipper?

[Neraida]

In your humble opinion(s), apart from the obvious abilities to steer and navigate a course/moor up without crashing etc.


Claire

 

[Neraida]

All the qualities I have /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

James!

 

[cardinal_mark]

Patience.

Mark

 

[Neraida]

Oi, stop hi-jacking my thread!


Claire

 

[bigmart]

Me

Martin

 

[TheBoatman]

Anyone that can get you from A to B with any fuss. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[jimi]

Nimble legs,
Good core fitness,
leather rope,
no brittle knees
and a good chant.

 

[ccscott49]

Calm, patient, knowledgeable, in-command, understanding, good ears, (will listen), humurous, anecdotal, un-panicable!! Not neccessarily in that order!

 

[Magic]

One that keeps a ready stocked drinks locker!

 

[Sans Bateau]

From my own experience, I proved to be very popular as a skipper on both legs of the Cherbourg run, simply for the fact that I was able to navigate/prepare meals/make drinks without getting sea sick. This attribute has also always proved to be very popular when I have acted as crew for others!

 

[MrG_2]

Trying to keep in the spirit of this forum I suspect you really meant 'Good Kipper'

In which:
1 - lightly smoked,
2 - piping hot
3 - butter drizzled over
4 - not too many bones...

 

[RupertW]

Scaring a crew just enough to get them excited and delegating enough to get them enthusiastic

 

[Clive_Rigden]

That just about sums it up, Colin !

 

[ChrisE]

Now that I like! If you'd added skip takes the blame for everything that goes wrong and crew the praise for everything that goes right you'd be spot on.

 

[Neraida]

Skip also gets to be really smug after pulling crew and boat through something they didn't want to do in the first place in one piece!


Claire

 

[ChrisE]

/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif and then says something like I knew that it would be alright, whilst quickly nipping off to take off cycle clips and empty trousers!

 

[jimi]

Smoking

http://www.skipperssmokehouse.com/

 

[StugeronSteve]

A nice piece of rope and an ability to jump on the spot at a regular interval.

 

[jimi]

What if you've got brittle knees?

 

[StugeronSteve]

Well, then you'd be fooked.