Couple questions if ya dont mind.

Has anyone ever dove/fallen off your top spreaders?

How old on average are the cadets/officers you train. Ranks?

Do you guys do like in the movie White Squall... go someone and sign a
secret book on top a mountain?

And I noticed your home page takes a shot at our Army Slogan "An Army
Of One" stating no-one in your navy stands alone it's team work. Which
is wrong, because the meaning of our slogan is the same thing, you
become part of the team, the army of one. Only ones that don't know
this are dumb boots in for a rude awakening.

Since you guys drink on-board can you smoke that BC Bud?

Do you ever have ladies as crew? Any ladies on any Canada Navy Ships?

Why do you think it's "scary" to do 18 kts on your boat? Is she on the
edge of coming apart?

Do you live aboard?

Has the Queen sailed with you?

Has your ship been used in war?

Do you have a generator for power?

When is your next cruise?

Thanks

Joe

Joe wrote:
Couple questions if ya dont mind.

Has anyone ever dove/fallen off your top spreaders?
I don't think so. They are about 60' up on the main mast.

How old on average are the cadets/officers you train. Ranks?
They are normally junior officers and ratings that have just joined the
service they range in age from about 18 to 30. Typically A/SLt, Officer
Cadets and Ordinary Seamen. (An A/SLt is like an Ensign)

Do you guys do like in the movie White Squall... go someone and sign a
secret book on top a mountain?
No

And I noticed your home page takes a shot at our Army Slogan "An Army
Of One" stating no-one in your navy stands alone it's team work. Which
is wrong, because the meaning of our slogan is the same thing, you
become part of the team, the army of one. Only ones that don't know
this are dumb boots in for a rude awakening.
Your ads show a single guy able to do everything like a super being.
They don't show the team working as one. One of my best friends is a
Col in your Army. I am teasing him. He is a West Point Grad and hates
the "Army of One" ad campaign.

Since you guys drink on-board can you smoke that BC Bud?
No. In fact we even frown on tobacco products.

Do you ever have ladies as crew? Any ladies on any Canada Navy Ships?
Yes, lots. Any sailor, any bunk. We have a woman XO now and she will
soon be a CO.

Why do you think it's "scary" to do 18 kts on your boat? Is she on the
edge of coming apart?
Not about to come apart at all. It just the loads on the sheets,
shrouds and everything else are so great that one could lose a limb or
worse in a heart beat. Don't forget, no winches. Just people pulling
on lines. No stoppers just someone turning up on a cleat. We sometimes
have to luff up to ease the loads on the cleat so the guy can get the
turns off. It's real sailing. Tacking takes about 4 - 6 minutes on a
good day. Doing 18 knots in a car in 1921 was scary never mind a boat.

Do you live aboard?
Only when deployed.

Has the Queen sailed with you?
Not with me but many royalty have visited and sailed on her in the past.

Has your ship been used in war?
Yes, it was commandeered in 1940 to support the war effort by training
officers while the grey hulls were at sea.

Do you have a generator for power?
Two, a Westerbeke 3.5 kw and a Yanmar 14.5 kw. We have 1800 amp/hours
of batteries and a big alternator on the main mover, a Jimmy 671.

When is your next cruise?
We are doing several short cruises in the spring in support of training
and charity events. Our next deployment is after Swiftsure in June when
we will be taking her up the coast to the Queen Charlotte Islands and
then to Alaska. We'll be back in early August.

Thanks
You are welcome.

Joe
Gaz

Your ads show a single guy able to do everything like a super being.
They don't show the team working as one.


Well Duhhhhhhhhh. How do you think we get so many super kids to join. I
laugh my ass off every time I see the ads. The Drill instructors have
to love it to. But the meaning is clear to anyone who has been in our
military.

Joe

Joe wrote:
Your ads show a single guy able to do everything like a super being.
They don't show the team working as one.


Well Duhhhhhhhhh. How do you think we get so many super kids to join. I
laugh my ass off every time I see the ads. The Drill instructors have
to love it to. But the meaning is clear to anyone who has been in our
military.

Joe

I'm glad yo get it. I am amused at how it targets the computer geek
generation.

BTW you ...not yo........ unless yer frum da hood dawg.

Joe

Joe wrote:
BTW you ...not yo........ unless yer frum da hood dawg.

Joe


okay homie.

Gary, thanks from me also for posting answers. Very
interesting reading.

Joe wrote:
Couple questions if ya dont mind.

Has anyone ever dove/fallen off your top spreaders?

Gary wrote:
I don't think so. They are about 60' up on the main mast.


Oh, c'mon. I've jumped off stuff that was higher than that.

The trick to jumping off spreaders is to set the boat
rocking first, so as to release at a point where your
trajectory is sure to clear the deck. I've jumped off
spreaders (smaller boats, lower down) and had the very
distressing feeling of the mast shoving back from my body
mass a lot more than I was moving forward, and wondering on
the way down if I was going to make a splash or a thud.


How old on average are the cadets/officers you train. Ranks?

They are normally junior officers and ratings that have just joined the
service they range in age from about 18 to 30. Typically A/SLt, Officer
Cadets and Ordinary Seamen. (An A/SLt is like an Ensign)

Same here, My upper spreader are close to 55 ft and I've jumped off
them, and your right about the rocking, yet need to practice on your
timing Doug.

If I ran a training ship I'd have some kind secret club, and book to
sign,(bet Gaz has one but it's secret and he's not telling, Sorta like
a member of the skulls and crossbones) and routines to make the
students remember thru pratical application the importance and rewards
of teamwork, and the suffering all live thru when teamwork is not
aheared to. Racing to Maui is a good team building experience but I
doubt Gaz gets to do that every year. A sailboat like Gaz is running
would be the perfect stage and tool to do this.

I think it unwise to frown upon smoking yet endorse drinking.

Pretty nice military duty Gaz, for 6 mo. I ran Admiral Schraders Gig,
he was COMCRUDESGRU ONE. A 45 footer that would do 30+ knots and we
always got the best of everything the navy had to offer. He used the
Gompers for his flag ship for awhile.


Joe

Sorry not the Admiral gig...his barge.

Best Capt's Gig I ever saw was the Captn of the USS Oklahoma City
(CLG-5) all black and looked James Bondish in a Scarrab sort of way. I
have the chelsea clock from the wheelhouse of the okie in the main
salon of RedCloud.

Joe

Seen this boat? It should be in your neighborhood.

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi...oat_id=1267598

It's not the hi-tech speedster that other boat is. I'm
curious what kind of condition it's in and if it's been
raced recently.

Of course, delivering a boat like this from Texas to NC
would be quite a trip.

DSK