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News Release. Sunday 20th February 2005
TeamJackal announces new crewmember
Following the departure to Dubai of Bob Seward, TeamJackal has emerged from a bleak period of team uncertainty, deep loss and mourning and is now pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Cracco to the position of trimmer.
Jim brings a new level of enthusiasm to the team: Never having sailed before, Jim is a dedicated skier, mountaineer and total landlubber. Hailing from North Dakota - virtually as far away from the ocean as possible - Jim has passed a rigorous trial sailing period with the team, and has displayed dark humour, over-confidence and a complete lack of sailing knowledge - attributes inherent in and vitally important to the overall team. This has enabled him to seemlessly merge into TeamJackal's consistent pattern of rather average on-water performance.
Jim's positive impact to TeamJackal can be measured in many ways, not least being the more international form of trivial chatter on the foredeck - now with accents; moments of near hysteria and port-tack panic on a start line. But when all's said and done, he's mastered the art of tacking, gybing, hauling in the Bitch and perhaps more importantly, squinting up at the sails and saying "bear off" - even when we don't need to. Now all we have to do is teach him to say "harden up" - not about sailing to the wind, but to the skipper's attitude in a crisis.
TeamJackal looks forward to many seasons' racing with Jim and welcomes him to the crew. Although we still have to teach him that Scotch isn't whisky and that whisky comes from Scotland - and isn't some vile sourmash brew called Jack Daniels, Jim Beam or any other of those horrible poisons they drink over there in the Mid-West. Usually with Coke!
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