Recent content by Reap

Delivered a Bav 32 once... dont know how similar it is. If on port tack and you went into the port quarter cabin and the boat heeled then the oven gimbled enough so you were stuck in there!!! Slightly worrying especially if you were single handed. <hr width=100% size=1><A target="_blank"...

Hi Cornishman It is correct that the candidate was not qualified to take the exam, and I know of several instances of this. They must have lied on their exam application I guess. As I stated, in the case I describe I did speak with the examiner and point this out. The examiner concerned had a...

Well in general I guess I agree, however I have seen many a YM candidate who in my opinion should have been a definite failure, passing. The main issue I have is the great influx of 'Pro' YM candidates taking the exam. A familiar scenario is the deck hand who has tens of thousands of sea miles...

Re: Sorry. Disagree. <blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr> I'm not sure how you can use back bearings if it is dark - how do you see 'em? <hr></blockquote> Well just because the entry is dark it doesn't mean there are no lights behind you! Take Newtown as an example again. A back...

Re: Sorry. Disagree. During my yachtmaster I was also asked to take yacht into an unlit creek at night, I checked the tides and thought it was not a good time as by the time we got in the tide would be falling. He accepted this and we went somewhere else. In later years as an instructor I would...

Re: 2/3 of dutch boats can\'t be wrong <blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr> Again, the only infringement I commit is that my steam light is not a certain distance from the nav lights. <hr></blockquote> And so as you say there is an infringement, you are not within the law. I have...

Re: what totaly illegal? <blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr> But let me join you in a walk on the pontoon, and I'll point out all the MoBo's and RIBs that also fail to apply this rule. <hr></blockquote> I fail to see why it should make it okay to break the law just because some...

Re: What cruel jibes? <blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr> It would be nice if when making scathing comments that you state you are in truth an 'interested party' <hr></blockquote> Correct Robin I did once work for John Goode at Southern, however I left and am equally critical as...

Re: Pro Tricolour To use tricolour and masthead together for steaming is a bad idea, apart from being totally illegal and in the event of a collision you would not have a leg to stand on, the lights used together would just give a totally confusing picture of what kind of vessel you are and...

Tried staying out of this one, but I am forced to make comment. Im afraid to say it shows just how blinkered some views are!! Robin for one, wake up and try actually absorbing what people are telling you!! You keep harking on about irresponsible people using a sail up the backstay or a mizzen...

Yes sometimes at night whilst on a mooring using an anchor light can be useful. However there is no point (as was the original point of the thread) in hoisting a black ball whilst on a mooring, it does not make you any more visible and would be of no legal help, in fact may be legally...

To me it depends on wher your going, not much need for a sextant crossing from solent to Cherbourg for instance even without GPS. If you are a traditionalist then your traditional nav will be up to speed then no doubt. However no harn in carrying one and it can be of use in coastal nav if you...

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr> International Regulations for Preventing Collision at Sea. Rules 1 and 30 apply! I would think that an exposed mooring is treated as at anchor (If there is doubt about risk of collision then risk of collision must be considered to exist)...

As an instructor myself I agree, perhaps another instructor. Most sunsail instructors are 'Cruising Instructors' this means that they are not qualified as an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor and have not been assesed by the RYA. To be a cruising instructor you only need to be 'assesed' by the school...

Pity you can't make your local college...by far the best and most enjoyable way to learn in my opinion. Do you not have a neighbouring towns college who run it on an alternative evening? <hr width=100% size=1><A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.yacht-links.net>http://www.yacht-links.net</A>