THE NEW CREW’S POCKETBOOK
If you’ve ever had a new crewman turn up with a big, hard, wheeled suitcase, or one who catches a line on shore then passes it back to the boat without first taking it around a bollard – then you might like to send a prospective crewmember one of these next time! It’s a clearly laid-out, colourful pocketbook that takes the prospective yachtsman through everything from what to pack to knots to goose-winging a headsail to life on board and lights and shapes. In fact, the newbie who gets through this and understands it would be quite a handy crewmember! Those of a linguistic sensitivity may balk at the term “a crew”, but it seems to be across the board these days.