VHF course this saturday 29th

Hugh Jardon · 26 April 2006, 12:19

I am doing a VHF course on Saturday 29th in Cowes, if anyone needs to do one of these then let me know or if you are going on the course anyway from the UK we can arrange to travel together if that works, course is all day and very reasonably priced. I will travel over by ferry foot passenger unless you are going by boat and i can get a lift,,,,,,,,,, if a second person comes with me on the course we can get it really very cheap

widey · 26 April 2006, 19:28

hi, i am interested, as well as my brother. we could go by our boat from Chichester, any more details? ie times

Hugh Jardon · 26 April 2006, 19:40

i have dropped you a pm with details and a number to call me on

going from chichester would be excellent as i am at west wittering so chichester is just down the road

call me on the number i left

also i will be keeping my boat at chichester at the weekend so will be good to meet up

cheers

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Originally Posted by widey

hi, i am interested, as well as my brother. we could go by our boat from Chichester, any more details? ie times

Alice · 26 April 2006, 22:08

Mine was over 2 days, I ached trying not to laugh as some of the old boy fishermen tried to master the simulated transmissions.

That was a while ago, I think the instuctor was called Marconi.

Hugh Jardon · 27 April 2006, 00:02

cant imagine spending two days on a radio course!!! would need a good laugh to get thru it i would suspect!!

Hey Cods, fancy coming along for your radio course as well or have you done yours?

bogib · 27 April 2006, 00:14

Wish I could join you but stuck working this whole weekend at our boatshow but next two weekends in UK and will try get on radio course either of the weekends

Wish you all good time

Bogi

Hugh Jardon · 01 May 2006, 20:46

Did our VHF course on saturday with Tim Griffin and it was a great day. Started off with a trip in Roger and Pauls Stinger from Ichenor to east cowes Marina, then on to the course, spent the day there, then a couple of beers after to celebrate then a nice trip back to Ichenor.

Big thanks to Tim for the course

and i can thoroughly recommend going there for a course, very inexpensive and tremendous value for money, and a Big thanks to Roger and Team for the trip there and back

a great day i must admit.

Alice · 01 May 2006, 21:01

Mind you, if you start barking that boat name of your's down the mike you might lose that licence quicker than you got it!!

codprawn · 01 May 2006, 21:29

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Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

cant imagine spending two days on a radio course!!! would need a good laugh to get thru it i would suspect!!

Hey Cods, fancy coming along for your radio course as well or have you done yours?

Did mine a while ago - along with powerboat level 2 and first aid - will be doing the advanced shortly.

Still say experience more important......

VHF course was just going through the motions - I already knew most of the theory - would have liked more practical radio speak but most of the course seemed to be teaching us the wonders of DSC - anyone who can use a mobile phone will grasp the DSC part in about 10 mins!!!

What amazed me were the people doing the course - there were only about 3 of us with boats or even wanted boats - the others were just doing the course for fun or something to do - they obviously weren't paying.....

Hugh Jardon · 01 May 2006, 21:42

funny you should say that cos i am wondering what name to give the boat as it is a bit tricky on the radio, not used the potential name yet so need to come up with a name for the boat me thinks!!!

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Originally Posted by Alice

Mind you, if you start barking that boat name of your's down the mike you might lose that licence quicker than you got it!!

widey · 02 May 2006, 10:56

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Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

Did our VHF course on saturday with Tim Griffin and it was a great day. Started off with a trip in Roger and Pauls Stinger from Ichenor to east cowes Marina, then on to the course, spent the day there, then a couple of beers after to celebrate then a nice trip back to Ichenor.

Big thanks to Tim for the course

and i can thoroughly recommend going there for a course, very inexpensive and tremendous value for money, and a Big thanks to Roger and Team for the trip there and back

a great day i must admit.

no problem chris, good day made even better that we all passed. Mind you, it did seem a bit complicated at times. Did you go out the next day? We did, bloody freezing.

Alice · 04 May 2006, 18:19

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Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

funny you should say that cos i am wondering what name to give the boat as it is a bit tricky on the radio, not used the potential name yet so need to come up with a name for the boat me thinks!!!

'BLING BLING' is kinda catchy.

Hugh Jardon · 04 May 2006, 18:28

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Originally Posted by Alice

'BLING BLING' is kinda catchy.