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Butch Miller
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Initially Posted - 09/30/2010 : 05:05:44

Thanks to all of you who responded to my post earlier this week, "Racing the Catalina-25". It is great to see how much information was received in only three days.It was also good to see that many of you have dealt with situations the same way I have, so I must be on the right track. (only I need to do all these things better) The fairing comment was great. Never thought of that, but I especially liked the "light wind" comment because I had never viewed it as a potential asset. I had always viewed light wind as a burden. Good incentive for me to improve my skills, and establish a consistent crew.

My goal here was to gather as much information as possible and then to compile this informatin into a "crew manual" to be handed out to everyone who comes on board to crew next season. This way in a matter of a minutes of reading, they will understand what is necessary to sail this boat, and compete.

Steve, I handed out your comments on "Racing to Win" under the forums Racing Tips earlier this year. Jeff Pierce also had good information. It was helpful. Thanks to you both.

Should any other thoughts come to any of you, your input will always be appreciated. When this is done I guess my next task will be to somehow organize a local fleet in my area, which is east of Cleveland, Ohio on the Grand River, so as to have a showing at local regattas. Thanks again to all. Butch, Excalibur # 3959

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NCBrew
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Response Posted - 09/30/2010 : 15:02:04

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Butch Miller
 Thanks to all of you who responded to my post earlier this week, "Racing the Catalina-25". It is great to see how much information was received in only three days.It was also good to see that many of you have dealt with situations the same way I have, so I must be on the right track. (only I need to do all these things better) The fairing comment was great. Never thought of that, but I especially liked the "light wind" comment because I had never viewed it as a potential asset. I had always viewed light wind as a burden. Good incentive for me to improve my skills, and establish a consistent crew.

My goal here was to gather as much information as possible and then to compile this informatin into a "crew manual" to be handed out to everyone who comes on board to crew next season. This way in a matter of a minutes of reading, they will understand what is necessary to sail this boat, and compete.

Steve, I handed out your comments on "Racing to Win" under the forums Racing Tips earlier this year. Jeff Pierce also had good information. It was helpful. Thanks to you both.

Should any other thoughts come to any of you, your input will always be appreciated. When this is done I guess my next task will be to somehow organize a local fleet in my area, which is east of Cleveland, Ohio on the Grand River, so as to have a showing at local regattas. Thanks again to all. Butch, Excalibur # 3959
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Somepeople may object to being handed a book to read. I would ask your potential crew over to the house for a couple of beers and ask them what their experience is in racing and check them out to see if they are up to a short class and invite some of then to interject some ideas of their own. Might work out better. Either that or have a short get-together after the first outing to go over "things learned". Just IMHO