Some yactmasters questions answered......

[capnsensible]

And no doubt, some disagreement.

RYA Offshore Yachtmaster

Personally, I found this report of the conduct of the exam well written and interesting. How about you?

 

[laika]

How about you?

While the thought of posting it was good and timely given recent threads…tbh it’s a very long article with the actual exam glossed over in a paragraph. Would a thread where people post their own recent experience of the prep and exam be useful to others? ( mine was 17 years ago so possibly less relevant). And would be interesting to hear from those who failed: You only ever hear the people who passed writing about it.

 

[Yngmar]

Perhaps nobody has failed after paying the NZD $3995 participation fee? ?

 

[benjenbav]

And no doubt, some disagreement.

RYA Offshore Yachtmaster

Personally, I found this report of the conduct of the exam well written and interesting. How about you?

It was a tad prolix… I gave up after finding out that the marina showers cost $1.

 

[capnsensible]

It's amazing how the word 'Yachtmaster' brings out the worst in people....

 

[R.Ems]

It's amazing how the word 'Yachtmaster' brings out the worst in people....

I'm lucky, I really enjoyed all my RYA courses and haven't a great critiicisms of it either.
Also being blessed in doing Day Skiipper on the gafff cutter Eve of St Maws,, a wooden pilot cuttter, and ssubsequently YM Practiccal on a gaff yawl from Plymouth. (It's embarrassing being unable to remember the boat's name, but it was a week which left me ready to knock someononne's teeth out with a galvanised bucket.
The YM Practical givess you a sense of achievement unavailablle elsewheere.
The whole process, in my case waas started by Classic Sailling gof Corrnwall, eventuaally resulting in me becoming the owner of a beautiffull ,and unusually fast ,gaff cuttter of my own!

 

[Wansworth]

I have a deck officers certificate which I was deemed fit to hold a Rya motor boat cert.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I have a deck officers certificate which I was deemed fit to hold a Rya motor boat cert.

Thought you might have lost it for sleeping on watch.

 

[Wansworth]

No I was stead fast it was the skipper measuring his length on the wheelhouse settee that was a worry?

 

[Fr J Hackett]

No I was stead fast it was the skipper measuring his length on the wheelhouse settee that was a worry?

He had more faith in you than Shan has ?

 

[WindyWindyWindy]

It's amazing how the word 'Yachtmaster' brings out the worst in people....

I think people think of "master" as in "grandmaster" rather than "in charge of a small boat".

 

[Wansworth]

An old skipper warned me not to buy anything with”master”…….like Lawnmaster……don’t thing this applies?

 

[capnsensible]

I think people think of "master" as in "grandmaster" rather than "in charge of a small boat".

Well the term has been official since 1938, but some people are slow to catch on with these modern snappy terms.

 

[WindyWindyWindy]

Well the term has been official since 1938, but some people are slow to catch on with these modern snappy terms.

Goes back to the middle ages in one form or another...

 

[Graham376]

Well the term has been official since 1938, but some people are slow to catch on with these modern snappy terms.

In my childhood, male children were always addressed as master, glad I didn't have one particular surname

 

[R.Ems]

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[Biggles Wader]

In my childhood, male children were always addressed as master, glad I didn't have one particular surname

I was at school with a lad of the relevant surname. An interesting example of nominative determinism.