What information should go in an RYA Personal Log Book?

[Kukri]

I've just been asked by a non-British friend planning to take the RYA courses here in February; she worries that all she has recorded are dates courses and distances all signed off of course.

It's so long ago since I had to do with one that my knowledge will be hopelessly out of date.

Should it look more like a merchant navy cadet's Training Record Book?

Help!

 

[lpdsn]

From memory, it's pretty basic. For each trip:

Number of days on board
Miles (and whether tidal or non-tidal),
Night hours on watch,
Summary of trip,
Basic details of boat (name, type, loa)
Summary of weather conditions
Capacity on board - eg. skipper/crew.
And signed by skipper.

On the exam form they only ask for total tidal miles & total non-tidal.

 

[Kukri]

From memory, it's pretty basic. For each trip:

Number of days on board
Miles (and whether tidal or non-tidal),
Night hours on watch,
Summary of trip,
Basic details of boat (name, type, loa)
Summary of weather conditions
Capacity on board - eg. skipper/crew.
And signed by skipper.

On the exam form they only ask for total tidal miles & total non-tidal.

Thank you very much; have passed that on to my friend who is at anchor off Puerto Galera having just won a regatta!

 

[[70521]]

I have a spreadsheet that summerises From/to, mileage, day and night hours.

 

[Daedelus]

Needs to include night hours - oh darn, beaten to it.

IN the log book there is space for recording previous experience but it is a digest: days on board, distance logged, night hours for each year.

If she wants to go for examined certs she also needs to include details of offshore qualifying passages (over 70 miles IIRC).

Worth writing her name somewhere on it.

 

[roblpm]

From memory, it's pretty basic. For each trip:

Number of days on board
Miles (and whether tidal or non-tidal),
Night hours on watch,
Summary of trip,
Basic details of boat (name, type, loa)
Summary of weather conditions
Capacity on board - eg. skipper/crew.
And signed by skipper.

On the exam form they only ask for total tidal miles & total non-tidal.

And having been through this recently on here, number of days on board means 24 hour period, ie for some strange reason sleeping on your boat is a requirement. I have spent the summer racing, day tripping and singlehanding my boat but have a total of 2 days to put in my logbook. Not saying I am any good but compared to the people I did my dayskipper with last year I am!

Anyway not moaning as I am off to Portugal in February to do my Coastal! Yippe!! (And before anyone starts, that is the coastal skipper qualification, completeion certificate, no exam, not yachtmaster coastal yada yada yada zzzzzzzzzzz).

 

[rib]

oh ur not that good then ;-)

 

[roblpm]

oh ur not that good then ;-)

I said i was better than the other people on my day skipper last year. That could mean a little bit better or a lot better so I'm not sure how you can judge!!

 

[rib]

put ur glasses on and spot my smiley

 

[Nico]

And having been through this recently on here, number of days on board means 24 hour period, ie for some strange reason sleeping on your boat is a requirement.

Surely not?!

 

[roblpm]

put ur glasses on and spot my smiley

My smiley was even smaller! You are riright that I am no good though!! Also always reading and typing on this forum on my phone means I have no idea what is going on!!

 

[Woodlouse]

And having been through this recently on here, number of days on board means 24 hour period, ie for some strange reason sleeping on your boat is a requirement. I have spent the summer racing, day tripping and singlehanding my boat but have a total of 2 days to put in my logbook.

Is that so? I'm pretty sure for the MCA you only need 8 hours on a boat that is Making way in order to log it as a 'day' at sea. Obviously the RYA will have different definitions bu it would be interesting to know what they are exactly.

 

[rib]

;-) phones will cause a war one day u mark my words...........

 

[capnsensible]

Is that so? I'm pretty sure for the MCA you only need 8 hours on a boat that is Making way in order to log it as a 'day' at sea. Obviously the RYA will have different definitions bu it would be interesting to know what they are exactly.

Syllabus and Logbook G15/12

Personal Log

Column 4 Days on Board

A day on board is a period of 24 consecutive hours living on board the vessel. Periods of less than 24 hours may not be aggregated to increase the total but a day is not invalidated by leaving the yacht for a few hours during a cruise.


There you go!

 

[roblpm]

Syllabus and Logbook G15/12

Personal Log

Column 4 Days on Board

A day on board is a period of 24 consecutive hours living on board the vessel. Periods of less than 24 hours may not be aggregated to increase the total but a day is not invalidated by leaving the yacht for a few hours during a cruise.


There you go!

As I said, sleeping aboard is very important. And most of my experience is not counted. As i said on an earlier thread, the fact that i have floated round Western Scotland on an extended drinking session counts. Skippering on races with 4 crew and single handing day trips dont count. Guess where I have learnt more. All good experience regardless of the log book issue and I have enough for the log book for what i want to do. So why am i moaning??!! Its genetic!!

 

[capnsensible]

Oh, to go a bit lateral on that, I only count days on board when Im off sailing. We live on a yacht and I probably spend about ten nights a year ashore. So, 365 times 16 years minus 160 is 5680 days on board......