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For training, contact Ian. Note: Below in no way represents the range of skills among KJChainGang. It simply lists the RYA qualifications we know about. Would you like to add to our knowledge base?
GMDSS Short Range VHF Certificate
qualified prior to 18th Feb '06 ... BRIAN OSWALD
18th Feb '06 ÁSGEIR FABEN, SHAUN WALL, TONY BUCKLAND.
Radar
14th January, GERRY GOLDNER, IAN FOREMAN
25th February, SHAUN WALL, TONY BUCKLAND
Diesel prior to 14th Jan JULIA BRAY 14th January, SHAUN WALL
Sea Survival No one admits to having taken this course but we have reason to believe that there are about six who are quaklified
Basic Fire Awareness Again no admissions but we know we have people with far more than basic among our numbers
.... KJ has a training site on the web!
Can you work out the best tide, date and time
for KJ to visit Newcastle draw dock,
N 51 29.30 W 000 00.30
for a work party by daylight in September?
THAMES TIDE PREDICTOR
http://www.portoflondon.co.uk/display_fixedpage.cfm?id=11&site=maritime
If you can work out an exercise like this
you can rightly claim to be a full member
of The Mayflower Sail Training Society.
Yachtmasters headscratchers
If a boat logs 6kts on an easterly heading over a N/S tide of 3kts is her groundspeed the same as her logged speed?
If a boat logs 6kts on an easterly course, over a N/S tide of 3kts is her groundspeed the same as her logged speed?
In less than ten words what difference, if any, is there between the previous two questions?
Would it make any difference if we stuck in the word "True" in both questions?
On what type of chart does a straight line represent the shortest distance between two points on the surface of the earth?
What is the shortest distance between two points on the earth's surface called?
What is significance of Mike Golf Lima Hotel to Mike Sierra Tango Sierra
What message is given by three black balls in a vertical line?
What flag would you run up if you needed a doctor?
What does Admiralty Publication 5011 tell ?
Where on KJ would you find a horse.
Where would you look on Thames barge?
How many poles are there on KJ?
How many sides has a lateen?
['lateen' you wuz not 'latrine']
Might a Levanter closer to the pole than the Horse Latitudes?