The skipper could retire if he got a nickle for every time I warned him that he was pinching......the result - 3 straight bullets!
BTW, it IS easier to see that you are pinching when sailing with a jib.
That is a probably the single most important part of crewing, and that's feeding the idiot with the stick information. In double trap conditions I'm steering off of just hull height, and its easy to start pinching and backwinding the jib when over powered If I'm pinching its time to dump some power so I can foot off again and keep that train rolling.
I think not having a jib to steer to is the single hardest thing about sailing the F16 one up.
And pete- I blame my crew more often singlehanded for sure.
