Recent content by Seafort

"Presumably the problem would be getting an MMSI assigned to a T number." Its rather easy, infact you can do it by accident :-)

Additional tip Make that "Light line" bungy cord and your in business. Dave.

Catch up with the "Olden days". i.e. To have a fag at the bar in The Diver. Dave.

STCW95 If you are going to be employed you will need Basic Safety Training to STCW 95 standards I would have thought that you would need to be a commercialy endorsed Yachtmaster to get further than delivery crew but it is a way to build experience. Dave. p.s. The link is just for...

Noooooo She sails like ****e though....and yes I have. Dave.

If I could afford that I don't think I'd worry too much about anything. Dave.

Secondary drowning. Hopefully we have not yet progressed to the point of sueing each other for cracking a rib whilst performing CPR but... From a (ce) skippers point of view I have been TOLD that every MOB situation requires a mayday mssg and a trip to the nearest medical facility due to the...

As a diver I would have to agree with that. BUT Untill I started diving I had no idea what an SMB was and once stopped a crew member hooking one, just off the pontoons, with a boat hook. As for the "A" flag they seldom conform to regs and tend to be flown at all times. The DAN flag is the same...

I wonder...... ..What would have happened if the skipper had been a 13 y/o girl. Ducking! Dave.

Desperate? Use washing up liquid where necessary. Probably get "Told off" for this but is does work. Dave.

Tim Tams Australian Choccy Bickies. Dave.

O.K. Stripes/Hoops missing from blue jersey of guy sitting with a jacket over his shoulder. Dave.

Got Two Helm sees depth below keel. Chart table water depth. (easy to change both). Dave.

Correspondence Schools maybe Try somewhere like http://www.nmcs.org.uk/, There is an Ocean Cruising course that I enjoyed. There are plenty of others too. It does go through Day Skipper as well as a lot of usefull "Stuff" that is not in the RYA syllabus. Especially weather. An advantage is...

Erm why? Might just as well plot the GPS position as a fix and label it GPS. Bearing and distance off will be calculated from this so why add an additional "Fudge factor". Mind you I do know how much of a pain a small chart table can be. Dave.