Interview with Thijs Visser who attended the ISAF event:
http://catsailingnews.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/olympic-trials-q-with-thijs-visser.html

I am telling you... It's gonna be the best reality TV show in sports!

Dude I say that every weekend when I sail with my wife.

Ha.... an expert!!

What are the keys to managing the mixed team?

Relationship coach?
Pee in the 5 minutes sequence guidelines?
Time at the launch waiting tips?
What can you do and not do at the party with ahem fraternizing?

Here is the Key.
Honey on the boat we are not married we are skipper and crew. If you would like to discuss what I just asked for we will have plenty of time to talk while we get ready to right the boat. Or you can do what I ask when I ask and we can keep sailing. Either way I will say I'm sorry as soon as we are safely on the beach.
Love you but till then you are crew.

Skipper and crew....... sounds like Husband and Wife...

I don't think that skipper and crew's gonna work in this day and age. the power relationships seem a bit traditional...

perhaps you could evolve to helm and sheet... and do better on the course and off???

Wouter,

I think that you will find if you speak with Ben, his wing needed more development. Once that wing went to the BMWO camp, they modified it some and got it to work much better than it did when they recieved it. I think that if someone puts the time and effort into the wing that the C-Class guys do in developing theirs, you will have a competitive wing. I think it is the cost factor stopping this from happening.

You guys talk about this like it's some novel invention.

I sailed with my wife as my only crew for 10 years - and still do occasionally. (She's gotten tired of the "stand in a cold shower, dressed in a rubber suit, ripping up $100 bills while I beat her with a stick" routine.)

I've had lots of different female crews (including my daughter since she was about 8 years old) in the last 20 years since my wife stopped crewing regularly (being pregnant / taking care of the kid will do that).

This is the norm in Hobie 16s. At the last North Americans, there were only 2 teams (out of 50) that were two adult males. You guys can keep your wiener-fests. We may not sail the fastest boats, but at least the parties aren't a bunch of guys, awkwardly standing around, scratching and farting.

Also, on the whole Wing sail thing, would it be 'doable' on a single handed boat like the A cat, or are there more strings to pull to tweek it, ie. more than the 3 the A cat skipper has to deal with now, Downhaul, outhaul, mainsheet, or would it require a second set of hands if you developed multiple 'flap' sections, segments, etc. Or are there mabye less strings, making it 'easier' perhaps?

I only got to see Ben's wing up close once, but it was pretty neet, my problem would be crash survivability, as we've seen in both the C's and the A/C 45's, when you fall on it, it's game over for the day, unless you've got a spare in the trailer box.

Still you're out for that race where as with our current sails, there's a pretty good chance you won't bust it if you do fall on it.

"This is the norm in Hobie 16s. At the last North Americans, there were only 2 teams (out of 50) that were two adult males. You guys can keep your wiener-fests. We may not sail the fastest boats, but at least the parties aren't a bunch of guys, awkwardly standing around, scratching and farting."


You say it like it's a bad thing, all this scratching and farting! I don't even like sailing, but I LOVE standing around with a bunch of guys, drinking beer, scratching and farting, without my WIFE there, to tell me to quit!

It's really the only reason I sail...