YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS SKIPPER

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Excellent Tim, this could well be a very long video but doing it in shorter clips will probably make it easier to digest. I tend to sail on my own or with one or two regular crew and that is a risk in itself as it is easy to get complacent. A guy who has sailed with me for a number of years and a keen dinghy sailor was given the helm as we left Chichester Harbour, just off East Head. There was a new member of crew onboard in the cockpit. I went below to check the engine and other items, when I started to come up the companionway the crew was stood behind the spray hood and then the guy helming turned without thinking and the main gybe violently. The boom just missed the crews head. It shook me and no doubt the guy helming. My fault for not checking the helm was clear where the wind was and where we should be going and also for not telling the new crew to sit down and not stand in the target area. Cheers. Andy UK

[@sailingblacklotus]

Very well done. I'm looking forward to the next video.

[@ianabbott751]

Excellent thanks.