Usually the mention of a corporate day is enough to send most of us competitive sailors to sleep, But what if it was on an X40?
For the past 2 years we have done a lot of corporate sailing for Volvo Trucks Benelux, They supply a truck for the Tornado Sport team, currently carrying around Holmatro and Ecover teams in an enclosed F1 style truck (more on this later)
This year we ran two boats and even threw in some match racing, getting the guests involved in the crew work was a blast! Big trucking type dudes hoisting the kite while we yell at them to go faster...
Unique to the X40 is the ability to get everyone driving the boat, its really rewarding to see the reaction on each face as they discover the skills to keep the boat at the right angle, I even had to learn a little dutch to make it easier to communicate with the guests. I keep it simple Push and Pull (Duwen and Trekken) and they work it out really fast!
The margin for error is a lot less on the downwinds so I usually steer then but the rst of the time we let the guests drive upwind and they all love it. I have never seen another corporate experience that gets such a positive reaction.
Maybe there is a business case here??
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