This thread highlights the perils of pprune.I rarely post here for the ritual flaming that accompanies attempting to bring the real world to the party versus 'top tips'and 'pet theories' which abound around here.I am a 737 TRE with a uk leisure airline and previously with the orange brigade.My advice,for what it's worth is that you must follow the FCTM guidelines in conjunction with your company sop's.I will not reiterate that advice-please go read it- but suffice to say that crosswind take off technique is precisely and accurately prescribed and has been contradicted in these posts.Boeing test pilots do know what they are doing and ignoring FCTM guidance to follow pet theories (published on pprune)is perilous and inadvisable.
Happy landings in 2009.