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Re: Crew setup
[Re: lakesailor]
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08/16/13 10:44 PM
08/16/13 10:44 PM
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D. Bartley
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I'll take a stab at this...
we'll sail with up to 8 people. Weight does help when it's windy, and probably doesn't hurt too much when it's light.
- helm rather obvious... drives the boat, responsible for safety decisions
- main trimmer - trims main, makes strategic and tactical decisions. When things go wrong, he's the person in charge of getting it fixed (NOT the helm)
- pit - upwind, tails jib sheets on tacks. Downwind - takes care of guy and topping lift.
- Jib trimmer... does final trim on jib, adjusts as needed
- Spinnaker trimmer - trims chute
- Foredeck - sights the line at starts, helps get sails up, sets the spin pole, gybes the pole, takes the pole off on douses. Does all the magic up there that I have no clue about.
- Mast - jumps halyards, releases the spin halyard on takedowns
- 8th... holds the guy out as we're approaching a mark for a takedown, feeds the chute back to the companionway to stow in the bag (we set/douse into a bag in the companionway)
Dennis Bartley Planxty, s/n 23994 hull 205
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Re: Crew setup
[Re: D. Bartley]
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08/17/13 02:56 AM
08/17/13 02:56 AM
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lakesailor
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I'll take a stab at this...
we'll sail with up to 8 people. Weight does help when it's windy, and probably doesn't hurt too much when it's light.
- helm rather obvious... drives the boat, responsible for safety decisions
- main trimmer - trims main, makes strategic and tactical decisions. When things go wrong, he's the person in charge of getting it fixed (NOT the helm)
- pit - upwind, tails jib sheets on tacks. Downwind - takes care of guy and topping lift.
- Jib trimmer... does final trim on jib, adjusts as needed
- Spinnaker trimmer - trims chute
- Foredeck - sights the line at starts, helps get sails up, sets the spin pole, gybes the pole, takes the pole off on douses. Does all the magic up there that I have no clue about.
- Mast - jumps halyards, releases the spin halyard on takedowns
- 8th... holds the guy out as we're approaching a mark for a takedown, feeds the chute back to the companionway to stow in the bag (we set/douse into a bag in the companionway)
Thx Dennis - that is hugely appreciated !
Last edited by lakesailor; 08/17/13 02:56 AM.
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Re: Crew setup
[Re: lakesailor]
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08/20/13 05:04 PM
08/20/13 05:04 PM
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Bob Rutsch
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More detail here on the class web site J/30 Crew Assignments and in Bill Kneller's Rhapsody crew guide, an Excel spreadsheet that you can modify to suit your preferences. Moveable ballast in the form of crew on the rail helps more in breeze than it hurts in light air so seven crew is a good target, though it's easy enough to sail with six. If you don't cross sheet the Genoa, match a light person for final trim with someone who is big and strong.
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Re: Crew setup
[Re: lakesailor]
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08/22/13 05:56 PM
08/22/13 05:56 PM
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Steve Buzbee
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On Blue Meanie we try to sail with 8 when possible to get as close to 1400 pounds as we can. In PHRF, the eighth man is a floater feeding me GPS info from the rail and helping on takedowns, human guy etc., in one design the eighth helps me on main trim and tactics (both of which I handle myself in PHRF). We go with a port and starboard trimmer, a separate spin trimmer, pit (handles halyard up/down and tensioning, twings, helps yank the chute down the forward hatch and does a quick run of the tapes, calls time at the start and monitors radio, and is the bartender for post race cocktails), mast and bow. Bow handles topping lift and foreguy, we tail the spin halyard back to the cockpit (and into the cabin) to minimize spaghetti forward. We launch and douse the chute out of the forward hatch to keep the already crowded cockpit clear.
Most importantly, we keep a nice selection of canned beer, and a bar stocked with premium gin, vodka, rum and tonic (all in lightweight plastic bottles of course). We rotate on lime duty...
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