sirgallivant said..If you watch this daily update, Annie Lush explains Scallywags mishap.
I take her words more seriously - thou she is recovering in NZ - as a person who knows more about sailing than the "safety Nazis" who commented on and out of hand condemned Witty for what happened.
(how dare you criticize the world's toughest sailors - with noose in hand - is beyond comprehension)
The competitors even the greenest ones forgot more about sailing than the choir of critics will ever know.
I'm not criticizing his ability as as a sailor, I don't care about that, so what,,
I criticize him because he has to blame a crew member (comparing him to a child that touches something hot)
Like other good members of the forum pointed out , there seems to be the potential for incidents like this to happen just from observing the racing footage. So until whoever is in charge takes care of all the potential for incidents to happen, they are responsible,, not the crew.
Because he blamed the MOB I condemn him for that. If he had said "It was my fault because I wasn't ensuring that my crew where following the correct procedures",,,, well he has owned the incident and now its up to him to work it out with the crew how to improve.
The MOB and crew now has the potential to learn from his mistake too and work on ways of preventing it from happening again, If you where a crew member you too could ask yourself "What could I have done to Prevent this" instead of just blaming someone.
A person in a leadership position that just blames others for mishaps whilst under his command is not a leader and needs sacking.
