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09 March 2007, 20:57
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Nice One Jimbo !
OK so you've battled the Bay of Biscay, logged the hours, done the vectors thing in the right order, plotted your courses and mastered your craft....
Congratulations on passing your 'yachtmaster'  Jimbo!!!
Kathleen & Paul
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09 March 2007, 21:28
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Great stuff Jimbo, well done 
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11 March 2007, 17:56
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Cheers K 'n' P, Pete7.
It wasn't an easy exam and required a lot of brushing up, but I'm very pleased to have passed! (Even if it was a saily boat...!)
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11 March 2007, 18:29
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Nice work Jimbo. I recon it was that drunken weekend sailing with me that really prepared you 
(if you were able to deal with 5 drunken sailors so you'll be able to deal with anything!)
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11 March 2007, 22:17
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Good for you - would love to do it myself - I can even confess to wanting a "saily boat"!!!
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11 March 2007, 23:09
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Well Done Jimbo, Why did you do it over in Bay of Biscay.
What was weather like??
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12 March 2007, 09:55
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Tim, yes thanks for your superb crewing skills on that weekend, it did serve a useful brush up.
Codprawn - thanks very much for your support, get out there and do some more sailing! The feeling you get when the engine is turned off and you're just sailing smoothly is second to none; make time for it!
Aidan - thanks as well. I didn't do the exam in Biscay, the Biscay reference was because I bought a Lagoon 500 Catamaran back from Bordeaux to the Hamble in December to build some miles, and didn't get back in time for the RibNet Christmas dinner.
The weather for my actual exam (Solent) was beautiful sunshine, and about 4mph of wind which made things a bit tricky.
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12 March 2007, 09:59
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12 March 2007, 11:18
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Congrats Jimbo
you are a confirmed WAFI now mate. 
Must admit I do miss the racing on a Yacht .
What next Cruising Instructor 
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12 March 2007, 11:20
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Mark, Tim, thanks very much!
Tim - I've always been a WAFI, i just try and keep it quiet on here 
Yes, next in the pipeline is Cruising Instructor once I've done some more on the ticket, and also First Aid Instructor at some point.
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12 March 2007, 14:49
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Originally Posted by codprawn
Good for you - would love to do it myself - I can even confess to wanting a "saily boat"!!!
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Just so that you know - you don't have to cross over to the dark side to do this - you can do a yachtmaster power as well.
Cookee
Commercial Yachtmaster - Power!
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12 March 2007, 22:05
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Originally Posted by Jimbo
The weather for my actual exam (Solent) was beautiful sunshine, and about 4mph of wind which made things a bit tricky.
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Too true, any fool can sail boat in the wind, it takes skill to sail one in 4mph wind and as many Kts of water under your bow.
If you have the boat well over on her side, it will keep the instructor busy, at 4mph, you better have sufficent G+T on board with ice..
Well done anyway, you must have been going backwards with 4mph in Solent with tides???
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13 March 2007, 00:20
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Originally Posted by Aidan
Too true, any fool can sail boat in the wind, it takes skill to sail one in 4mph wind and as many Kts of water under your bow.
If you have the boat well over on her side, it will keep the instructor busy, at 4mph, you better have sufficent G+T on board with ice..
Well done anyway, you must have been going backwards with 4mph in Solent with tides???
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Yep, I'd agree with that! Although, in the case of an exam, in a blow the examiner is diverted with the sailing of the boat, in a low wind exam they grill you on lights/shapes/sounds/colregs etc
Yes - it was fun sailing up the Medina in a fair amount of tide, and feeling the boat gradually slow, slow more, slow even more, stop, and then start moving backwards... We aborted that sailing onto a pontoon exercise!
Can I also post a huge thankyou to those at the Church tonight for their marvellous signed card, with the fantastic photo of a winch on the front! A really nice gesture, and I intend to frame it and put it on my wall.
Kathleen - can you translate the reverse for me again?
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13 March 2007, 09:20
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Originally Posted by Jimbo
Can I also post a huge thankyou to those at the Church tonight for their marvellous signed card, with the fantastic photo of a winch on the front! A really nice gesture, and I intend to frame it and put it on my wall.
Kathleen - can you translate the reverse for me again?
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Well-deserved congrats Jimbo! Interesting to hear about the different 'Instructor Styles' !
As far as recall allows I think it was Victor Hugo saying something about the sea being a place of challenge ('rigour') and freedom.
An appropriate thought for the limitless horizons of youth
Kathleen & Paul 
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