>>1206427I live just outside Detroit, but one of the best fleets in the area is the Cal 25, the boat defines 4-knot shitbox- still very good fleet.
Getting on the Sydney was just chance really. A guy I sailed with was going on a sweet boat, but two days before he's going to leave he had the full-on death flu. So sick he had his roommate making all the calls to get a replacement. It's a tough race to find people for short notice because it's a fucking brutal race, it's like a 20-hour flight, and you have to leave no later than Christmas Eve to make boat call. Because of that, I got the call. I had to be the last guy on this list. I was a junior in high school with a couple offshore miles under my belt and not a whole lot of big boat experience. Basically, there were supposed two guys from Detroit on the boat for the race. One is actually Australian, but living and working in Detroit. The other got the death flu. They got me on the boat for the race and it was the most scared I've ever been and went on to be infantry officer in the Army for a very brief period, then went on to work for a private military company. That race was far more scary. It was like having stare down with God.
No, I am actually a very good trimmer, it's just for the offshore stuff, the crew budget goes to bow guys and such. I started off sailing dinghies and campaigned 420 Laser 2's (miss those boats) all around the country. My crew and I would hitch rides with Team LYRA (Longhorn Yacht Racing Association). They were a bunch of full on degenerates, but they were great sailors.
Bow is a great position to know. People are always looking for bow guys. I am guessing you're pretty young? If you want to get on big money boats. Never get mad. The pro bow dudes never get mad, always get the job done, and never bitch. Remain open to new ways of doing things.
Dock boxes are women. You leave them on the dock and you put things in them (your penis).
Hard luggage WTF, m8?!
