![]() ![]() Going back to that ideal engineer, doctor and electrician crew combination, how do you ensure you’ve got the skills on board for a long trip? ![]() ![]() ‘Superhero, idle, selfish, grumpy, know-it-all, self-important, slapdash and alcoholic are all attributes you really do not want.’ How do I get the necessary skills? ‘Commonsense, fun, enthusiastic, considerate, positive, team player, mucker-in: these are all words that describe the attributes you want,’ says Stephen Kingsman. Certainly someone with good electrical and mechanical knowledge is a godsend on any yacht and if choosing crew myself, I’d look foremost for the right attitude (positive, cheerful) and useful skills. It is perhaps not the number of people you choose, but rather who they are and what they can do on board. ‘Being understaffed will lead to fatigue.’Īllan Dobson, sailing a smaller yacht than Lillywhite’s (Dobson’s yacht Carrick is a Rustler 42), believes that four is the ideal number at this size and jokes he needs ‘an engineer, an electrician, a doctor and a sailor!’Īctually, his point is worth deeper consideration. Six experienced crew can easily push a boat 24/7 on a well set-up yacht, but with less experienced sailors a few more may be wise, especially to facilitate spinnaker trimming,’ he advises. But his point is a good one: it depends on how hard you’re expecting to work your yacht. SLAPDASH SAILING FULLRoss Applebey has also made numerous crossings as a charter skipper with a full boat and is invariably racing, almost always coming away with a class win in the ARC. ![]()
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