Looking over the crews it is obvious that some careful "mating" has been taking place.

Old geezer Ken Marshack has been able to attract un (underaged ?) crew in Mike Siau. Obviously inpired by the attraction that Mike still posses a nicely trimmed figure.

Can the same be said about team Sarah Newbury and Jamie Livingston.

Susan and Tom Korz are now back together on a single boat. So they are going with the familiar (pun intended) and proven while not allowing other crews to gain to must crew weight advantage on them.

This brings us to the very weight advantaged Mac's, that is till the winds go over 10 knots. Another husband and wife team. This is all getting very intimate.

Then the case of the Johns; little and large, mini and maxi, the fat and the thin, bold and the beautiful, the good and the ugly. Opposites attract they say and none more so then in this case. Lets wait and see whether this is just a marriage of convience or something more fundamental then that.

Brian Karr must have thought :"why not buy an experienced F16 crew ?" and he found Chuck Harnden when it was obvious the Mac's were not on the market.

Interestingly enough we'll John Lovell hooking up with Katy Pilley-Lovell. I'll go out on a limb here and guess that this match is more inclusive then just sailing together for this event. Teams Korz, Lovell, Hess and McDonald seem to be reading of the same page on this one.

Then Woody Cope did what can only be described as extremely smart. This A-cat sailor had an issue, he had almost forgotten what the word "crew" refered to exactly. But then he saw the light and initiated a top secret project were Tina Pastoor would infiltrate into the F16 class and sail the last 4 events with 4 different F16 skippers, gaining valuable intelligence on the wapon of choice for this Alter Cup. And leaving 4 deeply in love F16 skippers in the proces. Apparently Tina is one kick-butt crew.

But to top it off the youth team present, young and trimmed gods with an adulence insprired infallity complex. But even they are not leaving anything to doubt as they talked their parents into hiring them a Blade F16 to train on in preparation. Secret Source :

http://www.catsailor.com/forums/sho...Number=102963&page=&vc=1


It seems all crews have some "involved" strategy in to maximizing their chances. Will be interesting to see these strategies hold up under stress and strain of an Alter Cup event.


It is good to say no less then 13 mixed crews out there (male-female) with some women driving. Out of a total 20 crews. When was the last time that happened. Additionally we are seeing some 4 youth or young sailors in the mix. I'm totally biased towards F16's but this is something that is probably the result of the choice of Alter Cup boat and I personally think it is very nice to witness.


Wouter