Glasqow Sea School - an update

[Nick]

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I had hoped David would post this himself, but perhaps he is a little intimidated by us now. Anyway, this is the email I received from the principal of Glasgow Sea School, unabridged and unedited.

Nick

I have just become aware that Glasgow Sea School has ‘spammed’ Bluemoment!

Glasgow Sea School is being set up as a non commercial school but is in the process of acquiring trust status on a not-for-profit basis. Our main aim is to provide low cost and subsidised RYA and water safety training to excluded individuals and groups who otherwise would not be able to access training at sailing clubs etc. We also provide a teaching facility for outside instructors and community groups to run classes. It is very early days for us but having some success working with community boating, student and other groups in Glasgow and Clyde area, basically introducing people to the water, bringing people on as commercial skippers and changing peoples lives for the better.

As a r eturn favour for free training we were offered the services of an undergraduate computer science student to spend time advertising our courses over the internet. He was given a free reign to post the URL on free directories etc but did not expect him to spam and hack members lists on websites. It’s not the kind of advertising we are looking for and the students misguided services have been terminated.

As the principal of the school I offer my sincere apologies for the aggravation and any offence we have caused Bluemoment. As a gesture of goodwill I would like to offer a free 40hr intensive Yachtmaster Theory course for Bluemoment to distribute to one of its members. We have a space available on the course from 5th-9th Jan 2009. It may be good for a website competition or ideally presented to someone who is desperate for the training and is available to attend the course on above dates. Obviously, it’s at your discretion how to proceed with the offer but will keep a place open and hopefully hear from you soon.

Sincerely
David Nairn

I will of course now be giving the school a listing in the relevant section of the website in due course.

Regarding David's very generous training offer, if anyone is interested in a free intensive YM theory course in January could they please PM me? If there is more than one person interested I will devise a little task or competition to decide the winner.

[jim.r]

I nominate Bilbo as a worthy instructee for the Glasgow school .. if he does'nt break 'em I suspect nothing would

[Silkie]

I nominate Bilbo as a worthy instructee for the Glasgow school .. if he does'nt break 'em I suspect nothing would

Or we could really test them and send Hazard to do her YM.

Excellent response from David Nairn I think. Touches all the bases and strikes exactly the right note, for me anyway. Can't help feeling just a little bit sorry for the IT bod though. Perhaps a bit more guidance and a second chance might be more appropriate?

OTOH Nick might be persuaded to enhance their web presence, for a modest fee of coure!

[Silkie]

googled yachtmaster course glasgow and they don't make the first page. Interestingly (and I swear this isn't a set-up!) Westbound Adventures (one of Nick's sites just in case you didn't know and couldn't guess) are in the number two spot.

[claymore]

Jings - whit wid we be wantin wi an intensive theory course - can ye imagine Silkie actually havin theoretical knowledge underpinning his escapades - disnae bear thinkin aboot.
Jes get the beers in fer the offence caused an we'll draw a line beneath the whole sorry affair. An perhaps a free weekend oan the boat?

[Telo]

Nice response from David Nairn, and a very generous offer.

When I wrote, in the other post, that I thought their web site looked pretty good, I was being serious, and not really trying to wind Nick up (well, OK, maybe just a wee bit..... ).

I don't know them, but I'm pleased it's worked out well, and wish them all the best.