Yes, I ment casual racing for fun. I'm not into stressing my boat and sails, breaking stuff if I have to live on it. I'll have full cabinets, food, clothes, ac, etc. I'd be nowhere competitive with 1.5 years of sporadic sailing on a lake either. I'd like to have fun though.
On Apr 29, 2016 12:49 PM, "Sam Wheeler via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Same here. I bought my 35-3 this winter to live aboard and pleasure sail, but I do my racing on other boats. Even if you're new to it, I would expect that it shouldn't be too hard to find reasonably good racers looking for extra crew. It's terrific experience. > > I'm hoping to enter mine in some very casual races once I've got her set up to my liking, but I definitely don't expect to finish particularly well with my tired sails and with all my stuff on board, and I wouldn't do it if I didn't already have a racing background. > > Sam > 35-3 > SF > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >> +1. I spent three years crewing on other people's boats - headsail and spinnaker trimmer, foredeck, driver, "fourth", etc. - before buying my own boat and raising a crew for racing. My crew are relatively inexperienced and I want us all to rotate around and cross-train on every position. But that's still not the same as one person crewing around on different boats with different crews. My crew won't get that cross-pollination. It helps you judge what works well and what doesn't, and pick up information from a variety of sources. >> >> Cheers, >> Randy >> >> ________________________________ >> From: "Dennis C. via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> To: "cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> Cc: "Dennis" <capt...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 8:05:28 PM >> Subject: Re: Stus-List '88 MkII 30 polar? >> >> >> Ditto. That's what I did. Not only do you absorb a lot of sailing go fast knowledge, you will also see what works best as far as running rigging configurations, strategy, etc. I worked every position on lots of boats. My time spent racing on other boats was priceless. I still do it. >> >> As a skipper who has experience as main trimmer, genoa trimmer, grinder, put, foredeck, mast, etc. I understand what each crew member is doing, needs to do. Makes me a better skipper. BTW, I didn't usually drive the boat. One of my crew was better at it. I usually did foredeck. >> >> Guy in my marina races his boat. He only drives. He never races on other boats nor does he do other positions on his boat. His racing program never improves. >> >> The other advantage to racing on other boats is you don't have to pay for broken stuff. :) >> >> Dennis C. >> Touché 35-1 #83 >> Mandeville, LA >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 28, 2016, at 7:06 PM, Russ & Melody via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Lorne, >>> >>> Please do not try to learn how to sail and to race with a liveaboard boat that you just got in to. >>> >>> The very best way to learn racing and sailing is to get out by crewing on well found yachts. The ego of most crew members will smother you with information and by the end of a season you will see much of it applied. Good and bad. >>> >>> Then you can use your own boat, loaded as she will be, for pleasure. Say, a nice daysail once in awhile. >>> >>> Cheers, Russ >>> Sweet 35 mk-1 >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated! >
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