well, Charles, it sounds like you run a boating certification
agency or are associated with one which sorely needs customers.
hows business these days?

i've chartered in the BVI, i see a different arrangement of the
buoys on a map of a Greek harbor because i am studying the area
and i take a closer look, i get concerned, i ask a simple
question in the right newsgroup, corteous people reply, my
problem is solved, and without taking a boating course ---
what's the deal with your skewed comment?!? in my view,
attention to detail should be a plus in anybody's sailing resume
and attitude. but not in your certificate-prone, short-sighted
perspective. just can't stand people with a can-do attitude,
can you?

i haven't taken a boating course, but i've crewed and read
enough to feel confident to bareboat-charter on my own for the
first last year, and bring back both boat and crew without a
scratch. it's your experience and knowledge that counts when
you apply for a bareboat charter, and not the list of the
boating courses you've taken.

besides the fact that, sometimes, even people who shouldn't ever
skipper a boat get certified, and just in a week, paying top
dollars, because failing them would be bad for business. then
they go out there, wreck their boats, but, hey, it's not your
responsibility, you "certified" them, right? ever certified one
of those yourself, Charles?

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Charles T. Low wrote:
Everybody has missed a golden opportunity to suggest to Roberto that he take
a boating course. Anybody who has should know the answer to this question -
and to many others...

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"BIANCO ROBERTO" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I am perusing the "Greek waters pilot" by Rod Heikell in
preparation for a possible cruise in the Aegean. The maps of
the harbors' entrances show a Green buoy on starboard and Red
buoy to port.

Is "Green Right Returning" the Med-equivalent of "Red Right
Returning" on this side of the pond?

E-references for navigational rules in the Med anybody?

Thanks
Roberto