IT appears you are under informed. Do you read the articles on the RYA website? I know that some people simply form an irrational bias without ever looking into the services they provide and rely on heresay, to criticise. I'm sure you have carefully rationalised your arguments and regularly contact their head office in full understanding of why they were chosen to act on behalf of the government in the first place. Growing a successful business from that sits uncomfortably with some people. But your genuine concerns are important feedback for them. It's good of you to keep them on their toes, avoids complacency.
Ive seen your links now after my last reply. You do know that analogy is, how shall we say it politely, er crap. ?
How do you know that? That's all I ask of the people that complain. Have you contacted those within the organisation that you think aren't doing anything? A great deal is revealed on releases on the website that people don't bother to read. Pretty much the same for the RYA magazine.
)Yes their attitude is very much aligned with their being a governing body rather than there to represent the participants, tinged with their over arching commercial interest in maintaining their ponzi scheme.
IMHO it would be much healthier if they demerged or sold off the training/commercial function in much the same way as the RAC did with their commercial operation, albeit there isn't an exact parallel as the RAC didn't licence driving instructors nor issue driving licences (that would have been daft
Yep gota get more Certificates out there, plus get a reason to get more Certificates about less and less plus plus get more certificates to Teach their courses to those that have not got certificates so they can get a Certificate to Teach their Courses to more and more peoples ?
Yes of course and when you go sailing, all you are doing is sat on your boat twiddling a few bits of string. Thanks for clearing that up. ??
Define 'rubbish' in the context of gaining a commercially endorsed qualification in order to take people safely to sea on a yacht and show them how it works.
Or you could just rock up and do your Yachtmaster Offshore then set off to do your Ocean passage and submit yourself to that interrogation.
Unless you need to meet the required standards to be paid for your knowledge, that's the great strength of the cruising scheme. It's entirely voluntary, extremely popular and even those that get paid from having had the benefit of being properly trained to instruct can moan about it being a Ponzi scheme.........?
