Not really a cruising idea but I thought I'd share anyway
Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 10:30 pm
Being self taught (putting the boat in the water and figuring it out or reading many, many books and then figuring it out) I have always been concerned about whether I am "doing it right". Now I know that this can spark a whole debat so lets not go there, lets just say I wanted reinforcement of my own skills and some form of sanity check on my safety practices etc.
So (and here's the cruising ideas part) I booked to go with blue water cruising on one of their ASA courrses. I tested out of ASA101 and ASA 103 and the did their "course B" (see http://bwss.com/bwsscourses.html ) and spent a week on a Jeanneau 43DS crossing the gulf stream and back.
Well, what a blast ! I will probably write something a little longer and more detailed but well worthwhile, I learnt a lot and reinforced a lot of my knowledge too (plus I had a great time).
Here's a photo snippet (disposable kodak) guess which one is me and which is the 'old salt' instructor :) .

Mark
So (and here's the cruising ideas part) I booked to go with blue water cruising on one of their ASA courrses. I tested out of ASA101 and ASA 103 and the did their "course B" (see http://bwss.com/bwsscourses.html ) and spent a week on a Jeanneau 43DS crossing the gulf stream and back.
Well, what a blast ! I will probably write something a little longer and more detailed but well worthwhile, I learnt a lot and reinforced a lot of my knowledge too (plus I had a great time).
Here's a photo snippet (disposable kodak) guess which one is me and which is the 'old salt' instructor :) .

Mark