The crew of a America Glass

   Each Club organizes its crew of different form and grants the functions of each position considering the qualities and the experience of the person. But there is a typical basic organization in these boats for his 17 crew.

PROW: one is in charge to mount halliards, the fathom of spi, tangón and escotas. It prepares the candles of prow, low tangón or raises the wood when there are problems. During the pre-exit it is who is in charge to indicate the position of the boat with respect to the line of exit and marks to the commitments between boats doing signs with the hand. Agile and strong person

AWKWARD PERSON: it works in cover with the wood and the piano in the changes of candle, is in charge to before coil and to prepare the candles under cover and after any change. It needs agility, force and balance.

PIANO: one is in charge of halliards and changes of candle supporting to the prow equipment. Sometimes also it does of coffee reason why it needs to be in good physical form.

WOOD: it must coordinate itself with the piano to hoist the candles using his weight to help with the halliard while the piano and recover coffee it. In the trasluchadas ones of spi, it supports to the prow equipment.

COFFEES: they are the motor, are in charge of winches at the time of hoisting any candle, turning or to trasluchar. They have precise moments of concerted effort during the maneuvers, followed of moments of inactivity.

TRIMMERS: of Genoa and spi, they do the setting of the prow candles trying that at any moment the boat navegue more suitably possible according to the tactical moment of the competition; deciding to sail in fitted towards the wind or with more open course and more speed.

COFFEE OF MAJOR: person in charge of winche of the greater candle.

TRIMMER OF MAJOR: ordered of the setting of the major through escota and helped by coffee of major.

COARSE: the cane works with trimmers and to maintain the speed of the boat controlling the coarse ones. In the tactical aid to the stern crew.

CAR: person in charge of the car of the major, controls the speed in fitted and aid to the stern crew.

CANE: it drives to the rudder leading the boat. She is the person in charge to maximize the speed of the boat at any moment. It must take decisions and tactics quickly.

LANDLORD: he is the one that has the last word in the tactical decisions. The landlord and the cane can be the same person.

NAVIGATOR: person in charge of the analysis of results, passes the information to him to the tactical one, the cane and the strategist

TACTICAL - STRATEGIST: they work with the stern equipment being in charge of the strategy to follow, receive information of the navigator, trimmers and the cane. During the maneuvers they do of reinforcement helping where it is necessary