From the previous post header, you could have easily guessed as to what this post is all about. Yes, the Cranfield Regatta, the thing that makes me feel a bit shaky even now after the race. Last 48 hours of our life was spent in a boat, well not any ordinary boat in a F40 (http://www.sunsail.co.uk/files/SS_NW_F40_043_0.jpg).
It was really great fun, especially on the day 2 when we started finishing races very consistently. We came 7,10,8,2 in four races making us the sixth team in the overall regatta and second in Cranfield. The team that came first from Cranfield was an unexpected winner, finishing with 10 points, just 2 short of the first.
Its all about racing, and getting your hands rough with all the rope. I personally cut it in two places with the entire 10 fingers completely sore now. I think I have developed a taste for sailing now, but this being such a costly sport I might not do it in the future.
The interesting lessons we learnt from the sailing are... leadership is really important... one can fail inspite of good leadership, but generally that does not happen, and in case if the leaders are bad, then there is no chance of winning. I am not sure if I can apply this entirely to the business world, but I guess it would not be unfair to say that the situation is not very different. Many of the Cranfield boats came really low in the ranking, and most of them had to say that this was because of the leader lacking a vision to win.
We had an excellent team,and the skipper was a superb guy (Paul) and we had a second sailer (Mark) assisting us with the sail. He loved sailing and he put in his 100% effort but then he has not been sailing for the past few years and so we were happy with the sixth position. I guess with a little bit of luck in the first race in which we came 19th (and actually dropped that from our score due to 1 race elimination rule). As with many things in the MBA, I guess I and my team once again learnt to perfect this game at the end of the game.
Really tiring weekend though, I am writing this off just to make sure I complete each and every detail. Will never forget this weekend in my life.
It was really great fun, especially on the day 2 when we started finishing races very consistently. We came 7,10,8,2 in four races making us the sixth team in the overall regatta and second in Cranfield. The team that came first from Cranfield was an unexpected winner, finishing with 10 points, just 2 short of the first.
Its all about racing, and getting your hands rough with all the rope. I personally cut it in two places with the entire 10 fingers completely sore now. I think I have developed a taste for sailing now, but this being such a costly sport I might not do it in the future.
The interesting lessons we learnt from the sailing are... leadership is really important... one can fail inspite of good leadership, but generally that does not happen, and in case if the leaders are bad, then there is no chance of winning. I am not sure if I can apply this entirely to the business world, but I guess it would not be unfair to say that the situation is not very different. Many of the Cranfield boats came really low in the ranking, and most of them had to say that this was because of the leader lacking a vision to win.
We had an excellent team,and the skipper was a superb guy (Paul) and we had a second sailer (Mark) assisting us with the sail. He loved sailing and he put in his 100% effort but then he has not been sailing for the past few years and so we were happy with the sixth position. I guess with a little bit of luck in the first race in which we came 19th (and actually dropped that from our score due to 1 race elimination rule). As with many things in the MBA, I guess I and my team once again learnt to perfect this game at the end of the game.
Really tiring weekend though, I am writing this off just to make sure I complete each and every detail. Will never forget this weekend in my life.
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