Do you want to race on Chantecler? ==>

You:

Love sailing and the sea

Have a good sailing base (windsurfing, sailing school, dinghy, etc.) and experience

Want to make rapid progress with a pro sailing coach

Are prepared to commit 2 to 4 days a month from April to October

Chantecler:

Is a 2001 French-built, deep draft J/105 (35’) with an asymmetrical spinnaker and a genoa

Races PHRF around the buoys near Annapolis, MD or in distance races mostly in the Bay

The team has a strong esprit de corps

The food is good and free

Fun is an important aspect of the program, provided it does not affect performance negatively

Contact Jaffar Bentchikou

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I welcome new crew with good sailing base and intermediate dinghy or windsurfing experience and who are eager to learn, to practice and to race and to commit a good amount of time to it. This is a team sport that requires commitment, skills and experience. It is also fun but it is not one of these weekend activities that you do for fun only. The team needs to be balanced and the team members need to have experience working together for the team to be effective and the event to be enjoyable. One single last moment defection can have a disastrous impact. Time together on the water is the essential ingredient for our team to make reasonable progress.

We are racing PHRF with a practical crew limit of 8. The boat is easily raced in class configuration with a crew of five to six and, in PHRF configuration, there is room for a couple more people. As underhanded racing is no fun, I would rather have more people than less. However, I could also say that in the rare occasions we were eight aboard, everybody had a meaningful task to do, in addition to being on the rail when needed. This policy may produce a slightly less efficient light air sailing but is well worth it for its advantages to the team and its individual members.