"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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I'm surprised by Jeff's behaviour, and I'd like to try and understand
what
his view *really* is.


I don't think I stated an opinion one way or another about whether you had
a YM.
I didn't know for sure what you actually have, not do I care.

Frankly, I wasn't sure John was specifically addressing that when he
suggested
you were a faker. The bottom line is that you suggested you had taken a
certain
test but described it so badly it seemed clear to everyone you never had.
when
pressed you said:

"It's 13-14 years since I did the course, so I'm cannot give you the
specifics
of what is required."

From this I assumed you where claiming to have taken the "blind
navigation"

Assumptions are dangerous.

test, but your poor description showed that you hadn't. I'm guessing John
made
the same assumption, but possibly also assumed that since this is part of
the
YM, you were claiming to have that also.

Lots of assumptions there!

OK. I'll explain. I was lucky enough to do the shorebased course with a
group of people who all got on very well together. The course consisted of
evening classes in a school room, and it was supposed to take about 6
months. Our teacher's work commitments meant that he postponed many of the
classes, and so the course stretched into a whole year.

During that year, we did two cross channel trips, and a couple of weekends
in the Solent. These trips were much more "educational" than a normal
weekend sail. All sorts of exercises were done, including "blind
navigation", man overboard drills, etc. On the first trip the crews all
swapped boats between each of the three legs so that the non-boat owners
could gain experience.

On the last night of the course, we decided to set up our own club - which
is still going strong. We still occasionaly do "exercises", but the focus
is now firmly on cruising.



Now you're claiming (I think, you still a bit vague) that you never really
took
the test, you were only practicing it with friends.

I never claimed anything else.
I've said repeatedly that I did not take the Practical test. I don't see
what is vague about it.


While you may not have lied
about your YM (something I never claimed), you're still a Putz!


Pah! Look at the subject line!

Are you proud of it?


Regards


Donal
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