Koolie
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Reged: 21/06/2006
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Loc: East Coast, Boat in Brightling...
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Bad RYA Day Skipper standard!
11/05/2008 23:10
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Hello to everyone on here!
I went out with a Training School that I did all my RYA sailing courses with this weekend. I was been taken by an RYA Trainer that I have used many times with this company as a refresher weekend. On this weekend there were four other 'students' that have all their Day Skipper pass papers, they achieved their papers at two other schools. Now my skipperr trainer took us all to one side and explained that each of us were to do a skippered passage in the Solent.
My point is being this, The others have their RYA Day Skipper Papers, but none of them have did their theory courses. They could not find information in Almanac, or do a course to steer???????? They had no idea about how to keep our vessel in a safe passage. One even started to go through a race fleet on a port tack, because it was the shortest route!!!!
How can I have been taught so much more by the company I went with, and these others be taught such a low standard????
I will not mention the bad quality schools but I will mention the school which took me from novice to coastal skipper, over two years!!! They were At Sailing Limited, my Teacher was Al Turner, I learnt loads from these,
It just made me not understand how there can be such big seperation between RYA Schools?????????????
DO some schools just put bums on seats and then give out papers?????
I was very lucky to haave choosed such a high standard school, thank goodness it was not one of the two I have been found today???
A question that was asked today as we were finished was, 'would we be happy to take out our familys?' We all said yes! I would want to know when they are out on the water, because I will be at my home!
Thanks Al Turner and At Sailing for another great weekend, I learnt more again this time.
Isaac.
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