It really was 40 years ago...

Quite so.

Images from 'Rimmerworld' , with Champ superimponed, had by now
stopped haunting my nightmares, so thanks for bringing it all back,
three weeks on...

 

" And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on
parachutes"

 

They'd all conform to a certain physical stereotype, mind.

 

But it was entirely the wrong shade of pink in the latter part of the
afternoon.

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Hi

Thought you might like to know that I passed the Yacht Master theory OK.
Next week I'm off on the North Sea in a 36 footer for a week with an
examiner and crew. There are 4 of us taking it together. We crew for
each other.

To say I'm a tad nervous about it, is an understatement.

 

Good luck.

My recent trip to Kefalonia has made me want to go sailing again so I
may well do my Day Skipper next year.

 

The North Sea, in mid-October - how hard can it be?

 

Erlo, sayler.

 

DFC

 

C = capsize?

 

You'll be fine, I'm sure. What's the weather forecast?

 

Thanks for that.

Well it's now moved to 10+ days away.

So nothing is too relevant, but for those who may be interested.
Rather than the weather and shipping forecasts, what I do use, when I'm
diving on wrecks off of the NE Norfolk coast, are the following:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/inshore_forecast.html?area=5&t
ype=All

But not always 100% locally.



http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/synoptic.asp

Lets you make your own mind up.


But logging on to the gas rig weather stations gives you a real time
outlook.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=62142

Plus access to all the buoys and ships linked into NOAA with weather
stations.

I did like the quote on another thread:

"Ready to go about" is not a question!

 

Yes, but don't forget, I'm _not_ YM certfied, so what do I know, eh?

How much of your time on board will be sailing/boathandling stuff, and
how much about navigation etc? I always find boats of that size a real
PITA to do proper navigation, due to over-small chart tables and
having to climb up and down all the time to take and plot bearings.
Plus taking bearings in itself is not easy in a storm. Or don't they
make you do that sort of stuff these days?

Always hoping you don't need to demonstrate distress signals for real,
of course ;-)

 

I understand I have to demonstrate the ability to do both, plus an
emphasis is placed on the ability to command a crew.

In my experience, if it is a grotty thing to do, they will make you do
it.

I'm thinking of taking my Diving EPIRB with GPS and SAT comms with me.

Do you get the impression I have only done fair weather sailing before.
And I only go out on a RIB to dive when the sea is flat(ish)

 

Couler.

 

Useful !