Tuesday, October 24, 2006
When we think of keelboat sailing, you will need a crew. The key person is of course the Captain or helmsman who control the steering.The next is the mastsman who raise the main sail. On the port (left side of the boat) is the winchsman and one on the starboard(right side of the boat) is another who control the winches which affect the trim of the sail.The other is the spinnacle guy who takes charge of raising the spinnacle from the hatch. It takes a team to get the boat going. For the adrenalin charged, some sailors sailed solo. Of course, these boats are smaller, typical length about 20 feet. In fact, there are many solo races that circumnavigate the globe. The more recent ones are the Mini-Transat(Transverse the Atlantic Ocean), Vendee Globe and the Route Du Rhum. These races are very popular with the Europeans. I will give you more info in my subsequent posts. Look out for it. Remember my earlier post, our local gal Elaine Chua did the Mini-Transat in Sep2005.
