On board Calypso the co-owner and I follow a similar program as Dennis mentions below. Simple sandwiches, chips, cookies for lunch, if we have an early morning start I supply coffee and hot water (large commercial type thermos pots) and some donuts.
Calypso is a mostly dry boat during races, beer OK after the finish line, maybe one with lunch if the conditions a light. If we finish a day race in the early afternoon and all crew have time we keep sailing so as not to waste a chance to sail. As we clear the start/finish area the helm is turned over to the crew to give anybody interested some wheel time. For an overnight race and/or delivery we make sure there is more than enough food onboard to make the "custom of the sea" (see the story of the whaler Essex) unnecessary. Often crew would bring their own favorite desert and snack items. Calypso has a 3 burner propane stove/oven and a large refer/freezer that makes it easy to provision from Costco and Trader Joe's (i.e. prepared, sometimes frozen dishes). With our Webasto diesel furnace able to make plenty of domestic hot water doing the dishes is straight forward. On longer trips I carry the propane BBQ for dogs, burgs, and chicken. I have a crew pool of about 12, mostly old guys/gals that are more interested in "club" racing and the experience and less interested in protest hearings and trophy presentations. I send out a proposed racing schedule in January and updates monthly during the race season. Typically 4 to 5 crew commit to each race. The co-owner and I will race double handed if the conditions are suitable but having the extra 4 to 5 people makes the race more fun. Martin Calypso 1972 C&C 43 Seattle -----Original Message----- From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 2:37 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Who pays for the food and beer? I'm blessed with good crew who are also friends. I provide simple sandwich fixin's (southern spelling), couple different brands of beer, couple different sodas, water and chips. I invite crew to bring anything else. Many do or buy me drinks post-race. Some offer pre-race to bring stuff. I always let them. There are, however, schools of "suckerfish" who just want to use up your hospitality. I don't invite these types on board. Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2012, at 3:24 PM, Oban Lambie <oban.lam...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've always provided snacks, water, sandwiches and beer for my Tuesday > nite racing crew. My wife just realized this and says I'm too generous > - implying that the crew should bring their own. > > Sounds cheap and wrong to me as I'm grateful that the crew comes along > but wanted to know what you other racers do? > > Thanks, > > - Oban > > Circe > C&C 29-1 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
