A Mastman Confessional
April 12, 2012 in At the Helm
When a longtime J/24 bowman gets put into mastman duty with a pro team, he gains new insight—and respect—for his neighbor on the rail.
By Sailing World’s Dave Reed
With Chris Snow on the helm and Rich Bowen trimming jib, Team Bogus crosses the fleet after a pin-end start/tack at the Regata Copa Mexico.
I’ve been racing on the same J/24 in Newport, R.I., with the same fantastic skipper and core team for nearly 30 years. By nature of me being the whippersnapper teen when I joined the team way back when, I guess I’ve always been relegated to the bow. It’s my domain, a position I’ll relinquish only when they take the spinnaker pole from my cold, dead hands. Read the rest of this entry →
