Creative, imaginative and unorthodox they thrive on problems, the harder and stranger the better. There is a famous but apocryphal political story in Ireland. Dr Garret FitzGerald was chairing a cabinet. Plants are great on vision but lousy on detail. A plant on the crew will provide the extra urge to try a new way of getting the best boatspeed.
Monitor evaluators are sober, strategic and discerning.
They are generally low profile and not people of action. Weighing up alternatives and reaching a logical conclusion with reasons is their strength. They prefer to reach the right decision slowly than the wrong one quickly. This may not work in a rapidly developing situation at sea. Any crew containing more than one monitor evaluator will suffer from paralysis by analysis which is not a complaint covered by the RYA First Aid Course.