The Cockpit: Advanced Sailing Video Lessons

Video Transcript

" You know the cockpit is something that is often overlooked on a sail boat. Crew placement, the location of hardware, the easy access to equipment that you need is critical when you are sailing. A lot of time when people are in high winds or in congestive situations, they may need to move in a hurry. If you are dealing with spaghetti like this, you are going to have problems. Its a recommendation for your crew to be in a good out of the way location. In this particular boat, the swing of the tiller is so big the crew would generally, would have to sit aft of the skipper for easy movement of the tiller. If you add on a tiller extension, it gets even worst. So you really want to have a plan about where people are suppose to be if you are in heavy air situation. "