Thursday, February 15, 2007

Create Focus for 2007 Part 5

We have all seen onboard footage of Grand Prix racing where the crew executes everything from slight sail trim adjustments to wholesale direction changes and sail sets with few words spoken. As admitted amateurs we think to ourselves: “They are professionals, they practice, they know what’s coming next.” We have also seen a now infamous clip from the internet of the down wind boat with the big guy in the middle bellowing directions and invectives constantly while the seemingly hapless crew scurries around trying to fulfill their master’s demands, feeling more and more like laboratory rats on a treadmill. My bet is that the noise and anxiety level on your boat around the racecourse is somewhere in between, but that there is still room for improvement. more...

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