Adam, Our Honorary Pirate
May 16th, 2009 by wdaunheimer
I forgot to mention Adam’s hard work last night when I posted our status this morning. Just to give you a bit of background, we on the ground crew are beat also. Hauling gear, eating on the road, running and fetching, taking care of our sailors, and taking care of our own business as well – this is the life of a ground crew member.
Adam has been a joy, and we feel so lucky to have had him as our honorary pirate during this race. Truly, our guys wouldn’t have made it this far without him and I am being completely honest when I say that. Last night Alec and Keith were shot, and Alec was mostly worn out from running the spinnaker for the past 5 days. He didn’t think he could do it another day, but they decided he would try if they could rig the boat with a spinnaker doubler. Don’t ask me what it is or how they did it, but it was Adam who actually rigged it last night.
I was worried about Alec and Adam said not to worry, that he and Ryan (another Team Velocity Racing ground crew member) would get it all set up. Alec didn’t have to lift a finger, as Keith did the other part to help out Adam and Ryan. Keith is a champ, too, by the way – he was beat also but did his all to stay out and help the guys rig the boat for this morning. Anyhow, I just wanted to brag on Adam and give him full credit. I truly believe we wouldn’t be in this race still if it wasn’t for him.
By the way, Adam will begin a sail around the world in November, so you can follow his progress and/or support his cause at his website, Eye of the World.
Thanks, Adam!