"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"
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.

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




I cannot figure out how he can think that I was pretending to be a Practical
Yachmaster. He replied to me on Xmas Eve, which proves that he read my
claim that "I only have the shorebased" version.


No, I never cared enough to be concerned about it. This is all your stupid
fantasy.