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I've been to Greenwich fairly recently. They are pretty upfront about where different meridians were set over time (originally usually...

Possibly the same lack of thought process/environmental awareness as two candidates I was coaching for the German YM qualification...

During last ten years of sailing mostly in the Finnish waters, I have used the bow anchor only once. It was such a rare case that I took...

Sorry but that’s rubbish on several counts. Here’s a couple or three. There are very few ‘pass/fail’ questions (but there are plenty...

Three things come to mind. Resistance in terminals causing a voltage drop. Battery problems, exactly what voltage do you get when the...

That would definitely not have been deliberate. I remember Bill Anderson briefing me when I was appointed an examiner, “There’s no need...

YM Instructor course. I was steering a compass course at night, with a distant shore light as a guide. Examiner comes in to cockpit and...

The questions are more likely to be things like, “Show me how to turn the radar on”, “Show me how to tune it/reduce clutter” or...

New owner of my last boat was on video call about a problem with the wheel pilot. He was looking at the wiring connections in the...

Q. 'Where are we?' A. 'In the middle'.

In November 2023 I took and (spoiler!) passed the YM Coastal practical exam, on a Dufour 390 in the Solent. I was one of four candidate...

There’s a very clear directive out to examiners that we’re no longer allowed to do any such thing. (An examiner mucked up big time a...

Yes, each country had its own lat/long model that suited their land mapping. This caused interesting problems when they were projected...

He has seen sense, and is arranging transport and found the money. Sorted.

Depends I suppose if you wish to be understood by the rest of the world. Particularly if you need rescuing. :)