Completed the RYA Radio course at Hamble School of Yachting today.
It’s a legal requirement for anyone who has a VHF radio on the boat that at least one member of the crew have a radio license, which you get after completing the course.
I’d wondered what there could be to learn all day long but there’s actually quite a lot to it. We had a lovely lady, Alison, teaching us – and she was clearly very experienced in everything to do with radios. (She even edits one of a key RYA manual on the subject.)
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Gosport – Chichester via forts: 14 NM
Year To Date: 85 NM
We finally made it.
The weather was very sunny today, though we only had a little wind. We motored out past Horse Sand Fort (where we’d been covered in fog a week ago). We got the sails up, but with absolutely no wind at all we soon admitted defeat, brought in the jib, and motored on for a bit.
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Lymington – Gosport: 19.5 NM
Year to Date: 71 NM
We had a very gentle day.
We worked out there was a period in the middle of the day when the tide went against us so we did the obvious – spent that time in the pub. We left Lymington at 10am, with plenty of water (which made my lovely wife much happier).
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Cowes – Lymington via Needles: 23.5 NM
Year to Date: 51.5 NM
Another wonderful day. Set off from Cowes, and motored out for a good bit. Then, we tried to get the sails out and – would you believe it – we managed to wrap the halyard around the mast again.
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Gosport – Cowes: 12 NM
Year To Date: 28 NM
We’re off sailing for four days with a friend, Alex. Had a very interesting first day – but not in the way we expected.
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Port Hamble -> Haslar Marina, Gosport: 16 NM
What an amazing day. It was our first outing together on Mouflon. It was Magdalena’s first time ever out in a yacht. It was sunny, with a good wind. It was amazing, exhilarating. It was also dramatically cut short.
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Completed the First Aid Course today, at the Hamble School of Yachting.
It was a good course. Our instructor was a tough fireman, also an avid sailor, with many years’ experience actually delivering first aid. It made it all very real. I felt we covered most eventualities, that I’m now better prepared for what [...]
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