NO,, we are still a FREE country. Not like your socialist ********.

ps... what the F.n is the deal with the F'n King and Queen bull****?

Are you people living in the Middle Ages..

Tell those F'n layabouts to go get an F'n job.

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"Dennis Pogson" wrote in message
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Please excuse my ignorance in posing this question. As a UK sailor of many
years experience in racing and cruising yachts, I am curious to know,
since
the subject rarely turns up, whether our US cousins have a similar series
of
qualifications to those administered in the UK by the Royal Yachting
Association (Yachmaster, at various levels).

I am not extolling the virtues of such "official"qualifications, indeed
many
UK sailors think they are less than useful, just curious to know if such
training and examination facilities exist in the US, as the subject never
seems to be discussed in this NG.

Dennis.