NYMS Plague of the Seas...

[StugeronSteve]

Read with interest Parra's report on "Passing Trade's" return trip. Gezzer and meself, being garlic earning cross channel virgins, shipped a "Yachtmaster" aboard Two J's III for the trip. Bugger slept all the way there and most of the way back. Were there any other instances of "Narcoleptic Yachtmaster Syndrome" at the weekend? Thought about flying a quarantine flag on entering UK waters, in case it became an epidemic.

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[tome]

Well, I have to admit...

It was inaugral skippering trip for one of my crew and I was treated to toast and marmalade in the owners cabin. I did come on deck - 'best let the owner have a quick play with the helm', but otherwise very rested on arrival.

So guess I qualify for NYS also

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[jimi]

Well actually a Ym slept both ways on Passing Trade .. it was TK on the way out and I drew the short straw for the way back. Rumour has it that Indigo turned back because the crew would'nt let the Skipper kip. In fact that is the origin of thye term Skipper (abbrev) E's a Kipper .. not a smoked herring but a person with real sleeping abilities. In order to get the YM practical certif one must demonstrate 12 hours of solid kip whilst on passage which is why a night passage is a mandatory requirement. Hope that helps.

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[StugeronSteve]

S**t. Just when you think you have racked up most of the requirements to join the club someone moves the bloody goal posts.

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[ParaHandy]

bl**dy typical of them ... and i didn't realise i had two of them onboard - both with NYMS

an examiner of these characters told me that the ones who fail (other than the basket cases) typically had the most sea miles and experience. some obscure part of the col regs generally always got them. the ones who passed had b*gger all experience but a good memory ...........


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[tome]

Ah, but it gets even more interesting once you've done your Ocean YM which gives you an inter-planetary perspective. Unless Mars is aligned with Jupiter, you are taught that you might as well rest Uranus.

Hope this helps
Tom

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[ccscott49]

Funnily enough, I've had NYMS all my life and never done the course! Absolute requirement for employment as a directional driller, the ability to sleep standing up! Could I be excused all the bullshit and just get the paper, like the "Grandad scheme" thingy?

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[Twister_Ken]

Foul calumny

Me, a YM?

Never.

Though I did once do a night school course that allowed me establish almost certainly without doubt, that a school playing field in Wandsworth was just possibly somewhere in the vicinity of South West London. All it took was a sextant, a book of star ephemeriseseseses, and an hour and a half of maths. It would have been easier and quicker to have asked a taxi driver.

My undoubtedly ability to sleep at sea comes from not from the RYA but from boredom. Those waves all look the same after a bit.

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[themount2]

Nice one Tom!

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[milltech]

What\'s it all for then?

The gaining of qualifications is surely the desire to achieve Senior Officer status and thus do nothing, or have I got this wrong?

I reckon that I once crossed from Paimpol to Plymouth in about an hour, being the actual time spent awake giving people useful things to do. A nirvana I have only once achieved.

Cocoa No. 1?


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[Sybarite]

My ability to enjoy a skipper's kip was severely prejudiced once when I emerged on deck and found the watch more deeply asleep than I had been....

John

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[Bejasus]

I just wondered, what is the normal watchkeeping most follow. Is it, except in jimi's case, the normal maritime 4 hrs on or is it suit yerself, in which case jimi is redeemed?

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[janeK]

Three hour watches work well - in relation to the tides rather than the clock. This has worked well on previous yts I have been on.

Just a thought.

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[jimi]

How do they work, my current watch has 12 hours on it? Is a 3 hour watch cheaper or are the hours longer? How many hous in a day? These are questions we need to know.

What I generally find in passages of less than 18 hours is that the watch keeping system goes out the window very qickly as those more susceptible to mal de mer refuse to go anywhere near the stairs! I usually get those less susceptiple to maximise their rest in case energy resources are required later on. In a longer trip a more regimented approach is obviously much more appropriate.

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[bedouin]

Ah that explains it.

Jimi's strategy on Sunday was to make sure he was fully refreshed in case he had to step into the breach when the rest of the crew was exhausted and struck down with seasickness or hangovers

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