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My impression of yesterday's court reporting was 'an idiot being defended by an idiot, as reported by an idiot.

I would have thought the "lookout" charge was included to preclude a defence against the other two charges of "I didn't see it M'Lud."...

I'm probably covering old ground here but whatever the escort vessel said didn't help one bit. I'll try to hunt out the original...

That is a complete misunderstanding of what caused that incident. Let me spell it out for you. EVERY alteration of course that the...

Once they reached Elephant Island, their choices were very restricted. The closest place they could expect help was the Falkland...

The vital modification was decking her over with canvas waterproofed with seal blood and blubber. Even though it was very light, it...

I should say that they did have the option of trying to make it from Elephant Island to Deception Island, which was used as a rendezvous...

Very strong winds and no ballast keel would have precluded larger sails. Not only did they get somewhere, they navigated to where they...

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That's really helpful, thank you. With the engine in a well I can't crank it up out of the water so I think I'll do with the standard...

I just got an ICC by assessment, in early September. I studied up on everything for a week or two prior to the assessment, to be sure...

It's astonishing how many Forumites knew or sailed with Tilman. (Unless you've name changed and I'm double counting.) MG I'm slightly...

Funnily enough, I knew both of them. MG was quite open about how he learned to sail - in quite the wrong way, according to everyone...

That's brilliant, thankyou. Will try it this week.

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