Captainslarty
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Reged: 12/08/2007
Posts: 2012
Loc: Currently La Coruna Spain
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Just wondered what you thought.....
In the great scheme of all the subjects one needs to know and have skills in, how important is the actual level of competence re sailing skills to the whole thing. ?? personally I think too many spend too much time , money and worry on RYA type courses and YOTTMEISTER certs etc than on the other necessities..
For example..
Electrical skills
Plumbing skills
Engine repair and maintenance skills
Hull n Deck repairs and leak proofing
Close quarter boat handling (not done on rya courses in a relistic way)
General carpentry
Material skills (as in SEWING)
Budgetry control and awareness
Provisioning and stowage.
etc etc etc
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Edited by Captainslarty (19/04/2008 11:07)
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jimbaerselman
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Reged: 18/04/2006
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Loc: Greece in Summer, Southampton ...
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How aout deleting a couple of these? Just slect the edit option
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http://www.jimbaerselman.f2s.com/ or Google 'jimb sail'
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Captainslarty
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Reged: 12/08/2007
Posts: 2012
Loc: Currently La Coruna Spain
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Hi Jim, SOME of us ppor sods have inet connections up n down like a Bride's nighty...
Done, eventually.. 
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Damo
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Reged: 22/02/2005
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Loc: k keeper,Portishead
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A bit hard to answer - if you are mainly just living aboard then sailing skills are a minor part of the skills you need. If cruising then probably the most important.
But I agree that if you don't know your way around the boat systems, then it doesn't matter how good a sailor you are if you can't go anywhere until something is fixed.
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Grehan
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Reged: 11/06/2001
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Loc: Inland France
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I'm confused, is this the Real Quiz or merely the unsubstantiated cloned rumour of the Real Quiz?
I shall check with www.snopes.com/horrors/duplicatedquizes.asp and try to find out the Truth.
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Damo
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Reged: 22/02/2005
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Loc: k keeper,Portishead
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According to a close friend of mine, it is an actual quiz that has actually happened. The questions have been translated from Romanian. 
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grumpygit
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Reged: 29/07/2007
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Basic sailing course's are ok me thinks, say up to Day Skipper. A compulsory license in the UK like the ICC might be a good thing, learn the basics and safety skills and the rest will come with experience. If anyone is not a practical type of person probably they would do better with a caravan. if it ain't there in the first place you can't put it there ! Some people collect RYA certs like boy scout badges, it doe's not mean they are good or poor sailors, some of them just think they are superior. If anybody just want's to sit in a Med Marina for 6 mths getting ratted, who gives a damn, they probably still call lines, ropes and think sheets are for the bed ! (sorry, bunk ) The main is to go out there and enjoy. If it's left to Brown & Co the buggers would tax a smile.
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Lemain
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Reged: 31/01/2004
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Loc: Fiumicino canal (Rome, Italy)
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Joe,
Sorry, but it's a daft question and poll.
Sailing skills appropriate to the passage being attempted are VITAL before leaving harbour - i.e. 100%. That doesn't mean that you have to gain those skills in a school, passed an exam or hold a certificate (most ICCs originally came on the nod from the sec of a yacht club).
There is no absolute need to have plumbing skills, or carpentry skills as long as you can cope in an emergency as you can pay a professional. There is no need to have DIY paramedic skills, dentistry skills, cooking skills, either, but maybe they help at times?
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Cloadasmum
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Reged: 11/03/2007
Posts: 30
Loc: York, England
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Looks like Lemain has loads of dosh to pay these people with the skills 
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Dockmaster
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Reged: 18/03/2008
Posts: 115
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If we where all the same it would be a very boring world some people are practical some are not when I left I only new the basics but if you have to you learn quick and there is no sustitute for the real thing wether it be sailing or boat repairs .
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