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Start With Your Crew List

 

Who will sail with you? That’s all that matters to 
start. Use my sample crew sheet for both male and 
female owners/helms to set up your team with all the 
positions and weights. 

This manual outlines how I see setting up a crew, 
sailing the boat, and approaching regattas on a daily 
basis. The info comes off the backs of many years of 
mixed-teams racing in other classes where teamwork, 
cohesion and having fun have become second nature.

The maneuvers described are based on my 
recommendation that nine crew will be best to sail the 
IC37 across a range of breezes. There will be different 
choices made in the fleet in terms of who and how people 
set up their teams, but this is a solid starting point. 
 
So, get your crew list started now, recruit key crew 
members, and build from there.

Your Crew Set-Up And Weight 
Combinations 

The chart below shows roughly how I see most boats 
setting up their teams and roles and likely weight 
distribution based on the International Melges IC37 
Class Association crew weight limit for sanction events: 
660 kgs. or 1,455 lbs. Also important are the following 
rules (see class rules C.2.2 and C.2.3 for full detail):

Crew composition: The total number of crew permitted 
during IMIC37CA-sanctioned events shall comply with 
the following:
1.  Eight (8) or more total crew, two (2) of which shall 

be adult women competitors.

2.  Seven (7) or fewer total crew, of which one (1) shall 

be an adult woman.

No more than one crew classified as a World Sailing 
Group 3 competitor and meeting in full the definition 
of a “Boat Captain” may sail aboard an IC37 during an 
IC37-sanctioned event. In addition, the “Boat Captain” 
regardless of Group Status may sail aboard the 
IC37 yacht for which he/she is the designated “Boat 
Captain.” A Group 3 “Boat Captain” when competing 
may not helm, trim sails or act as tactician. 

One youth sailor 16 years old or younger is permitted 
on-board without counting towards maximum 
weight or maximum crew number during IMIC37CA-
sanctioned events.

The crew weight shall be recorded to one decimal place 
of a kilogram. 

The Owner may choose to weigh in. If Owners choose 
not to weigh in, they shall be allocated a weight of 
85kgs. (187lbs.) for a male owner, 75kgs. (165lbs.) for a 
female owner. If an owner weighs in, that weight shall 
be his registered weight for all events that calendar 
year until he/she chooses to weigh in again. 

Position

Kg

Lbs

Kg

Lbs

1

Helm

85

187

75

167.2

2

Tactician

80

176

80

176

3

Mainsheet

75

165

80

176

4

Trimmer

80

176

75

167.2

5

Trim 2

50

110

50

110

6

Pit

75

165

80

176

7

Mast

90

198

95

209

8

Bow

70

154

75

167.2

9

Floater

55

121

50

110

Total

660

1452

660

1458.6

Owner 

Weight

Helm

Helm

Содержание IC37

Страница 1: ...Sailing Manual 1 0...

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Страница 3: ...al will take you deep into what the team experience can be like and give you a playbook to having the team prepared when your boat hits the water Sailing is full of variables and complexity which is w...

Страница 4: ...C37CA sanctioned events shall comply with the following 1 Eight 8 or more total crew two 2 of which shall be adult women competitors 2 Seven 7 or fewer total crew of which one 1 shall be an adult woma...

Страница 5: ...t Pass out final food and drinks Post Race Responsibilities Prep spinnaker to go up again this means getting the tack and head zippers properly set along with making sure the string line is run and ev...

Страница 6: ...set up ready for the start Listen to what s needed for boat speed Communicate about speed build with Helm and Trimmer Be ready to adapt and lead the moding if you are in a compromised position off th...

Страница 7: ...winch handle for the mainsheet Once the wind increases likely over 12kts move the heaviest person aft to hike next to the aft stanchion Tacking 1 Helm Execute smooth steering through the tack differe...

Страница 8: ...o hesitation about who moves When will you leave the jib up It might be from 8 knots and up Whatever you decide you need to know the number so there s no hesitation about when you drop the jib or not...

Страница 9: ...s around you get to your mode and try to extend and remain strong on the boats around you Once the jib is eased onto the hobble a fixed length sheet for keeping the jib on around the top mark it will...

Страница 10: ...clear and ready for the jibe Close hatch and get to the rail 9 Floater In light winds move forward to be ready to help for jib down if needed In more wind move forward to help overhaul jib sheet Jib n...

Страница 11: ...ing jib down if it s jib down conditions If windy stay aft and help tactician jibe runners Bear Away Set Early Jibe This maneuver is typically done when you have a nice lead and you are thinking about...

Страница 12: ...windy stay back in the boat Jibing As on every asymmetric boat you will find the IC37 has a style and technique associated with its performance and the operational side with its winches etc Once you...

Страница 13: ...untdown time into the jibe Ease runner off or bring on new runner In light air do both 3 Main Jibe main from the winch and then control the ease so the battens flip through Set up winches if trimming...

Страница 14: ...roach this has you as give way boat for any crosses and usually as outside boat be ready to change your timing on the drop Windward drop 2 Starboard approach this usually has you on the inside and wit...

Страница 15: ...r hit the rail with vang in hand 7 Mast Stand in cockpit with feet on back of companionway ready to pull chute down with string line Pull out all slack as countdown happens Once chute is all the way i...

Страница 16: ...st Stand in cockpit with feet on back of companionway ready to pull chute down with string line Pull out all slack during countdown Once chute is all the way in throw string line forward to front of c...

Страница 17: ...w the drop and be ready to check the halyard on the way down If needed go forward and lift clew over the life lines and around the shrouds Once clean and clear hit the rail with vang in hand 7 Mast St...

Страница 18: ...12 Knot Configuration Light Air Configuration...

Страница 19: ...Drifting Configuration...

Страница 20: ...northsails com...

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