Sunday, November 22, 2009

High School to College Crewing Guide

The following article was printed in Scuttlebutt

High School to College Crewing Guide

By Brooke F. Thomson, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Scuttlebutt

In high school, I remember someone asking a college crew if sailing ever got boring because she had already accomplished so much in high school and junior sailing. She answered, “Well, no matter how good of a crew you are, college sailing just makes you better.” In my opinion, high school sailing teaches crews most of the skills they need to know, but college sailing fine-tunes and expands on those things. College crews come from a huge range of experience levels and backgrounds, but what they have in common is that everyone makes changes along the way to adapt. What follows is an attempt to pinpoint some of the bigger reasons that contribute to this transition and list all the little details that go a long with it.

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