Skipper wrote:
Don White wrote:


Skippy would have been right at home on the 'Beachcombers', sharing that
wharf shack with Relic.


We do get up to remote backwaters on occasion and have seen you mention
something about being on, or even seeing, a "skipper's" boat. Would seem
you've mentioned of having been a deck monkey or something. Do you own a
boat? If so, can you describe and tell us something of your experience?
On the remote possibility we visit your backwater clime while
negotiating the great circle, we are interested in knowing if you'd be
qualified to fetch a tossed line at the dock, or such.

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Skipper

Thanks for the interest Pseudo Skipper.
I have taken the following courses at the Canadian Power & Sail Squadron...
Boating
Piloting
Advanced Piloting
VHF Seminar and hold my 'Restricted Radio Operators Certificate'
GPS Seminar
The sailboat I currently own is a Sandpiper 565. (my 4th sailboat)
My former 'skipper' wants me back as his main crew on a Bristol 32 he's
eying....
Sailing experience so far is limited to coastal sailing within 30 nm
radius of my home port on the North Atlantic.
You could trust me to hold a line and properly belay to a cleat...that
is..if you had a cleat!

Don White wrote:

Thanks for the interest Pseudo Skipper.
I have taken the following courses at the Canadian Power & Sail Squadron...
snip....

Almost forgot...
I took my 'White Sail' dinghy courses at a local Naval base here in the
early '80s. I hold a 'Coxswain's Ticket' on the 420 sailing dinghy
issued November 1982.

Don White wrote:

Almost forgot...I took my dinghy courses here in the early '80s. I
hold a Ticket on a sailing dinghy issued November 1982.

Impressive!

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Skipper

Don White wrote:

We are interested in knowing if you'd be qualified to fetch a tossed
line at the dock, or such.

I have taken the following courses at the Canadian Power & Sail
Squadron...Boating, VHF, & GPS Seminar. I currently own a Sandpiper
565.

A sandpiper??? That's a *dinghy*! I was referring to a REAL boat.
Suppose it is good that you're currently "studying" boating, but that
hardly qualifies you to tend the lines of a real boat...that takes
experience.

My former 'skipper' wants me back as his main crew on a Bristol 32
he's eying....

Impressive!

Sailing experience so far is limited.

Yes, yes, we do understand that.

You could trust me to hold a line and properly belay to a cleat.

I remain unconvinced with that limited real experience...but it is good
you're reading books and trying to learn. We should all encourage
beginners to our sport.

BTW, can you properly secure fuel cans to the deck of a bouncing
Bayliner?

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Skipper

Skipper wrote:


BTW, can you properly secure fuel cans to the deck of a bouncing
Bayliner?

--
Skipper

Nope...and have no interest in learning.
We learn 'safety first' at the CPS.

Don White wrote:

Nope...and have no interest in learning.
We learn 'safety first' at the CPS.

And this is a fine boat for learning to sail on:

http://sailquest.com/market/models/spipe.htm

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Skipper

Skipper wrote:
Don White wrote:


Nope...and have no interest in learning.
We learn 'safety first' at the CPS.


And this is a fine boat for learning to sail on:

http://sailquest.com/market/models/spipe.htm

--
Skipper


Why, thank you very much! I thought so.
Actually, it was the heaviest I could pull behind my mini-van.
When I get a better tow vehicle, I'll be able to moveup...if necessary.