Chris was at the cottage and Davidhad started his fall activities. Jeff returned from last week so I had to fill a second position from the crew bank. The crew bank provided Marcia, who had some dinghy experience. I decided to let her do sheets while Janet and Jeff would do foredeck.The winds were 205 @ 10+ knots. I opted to use the jib and we didn't bother with the spinnaker. It would be a challenge but not too much that the novice crew wouldn't be overwhelmed. The boat was very underpowered. We ended up last but not disgracefully so. The crew handled the boat well. On my boat crew is has to be active in boat handling and are not just deck fluff. I hope I am not being disparaging when I say that we use 'training wheels',( i.e. jib not genoa, and no chute) with a novice crew.
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