Done it

[Nick]

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YMI

[Alan_D]

Youth Music Initiative?
Youth Missions International?
YMI Jeans?

[Penny drops.]

Ah, Yacht Master Instructor!

Congratulations.

[Nick]

Youth Music Initiative?
Youth Missions International?
YMI Jeans?

[Penny drops.]

Ah, Yacht Master Instructor!

Congratulations.

Thanks - an extraordinary day

[Gardenshed]

Congratulations
Is there a tale to be told about the extraordinary day?

[Nick]

Congratulations
Is there a tale to be told about the extraordinary day?

Thanks. No particular tale to tell, just the last day of a very tiring and challenging 5-day assessment - but the feeling of relief and achievement from that one word at the final debrief - 'congratulations' - was intense.

(One thing we learned on the boat this week . . . it would seem that engines are what you use to get into a marina if the sails have broken down . . . )

[jim.r]

Congratulations, Nick, good effort!!

[ubergeekian]

Congratulations
Is there a tale to be told about the extraordinary day?

Thanks. No particular tale to tell, just the last day of a very tiring and challenging 5-day assessment...

As a matter of interest, how much of the time is spent assessing your sailing skills and how much is spent assessing your teaching skills? And congratulations, of course.

[Nick]

As a matter of interest, how much of the time is spent assessing your sailing skills and how much is spent assessing your teaching skills? And congratulations, of course.

Maybe 50/50, but the two were inextricably linked witih all manoevres talked through, reviewed and analysed. It was flat out every day, usually sailing all day with an hour for lunch with each trainee doing at least one 'theory/chat' teaching assessment session each, then another 3 or more in the evenings and the odd one thrown in at other times (eg before setting off). Actually sailing maybe 8-9 hours a day and on the helm roughly a third of that demonstrating manoevres and another third talking the helmsman through a manoevre.

Although the purpose of the assessment is to make sure you can teach all the RYA courses there is an underlying assumption that your own sailing skills and toolkit should be considerably ahead of anyone you are likely to be teaching. It's certainly revived my interest in pushing my personal envelope and made me a lot more ambitious and self-critical. I'm looking forward to doing more teaching on different boats next year.

(Boat was a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 36i - not my usual at all but quite a lot of fun)

[FullCircle]

Congratulations Nick, that is a lot of effort and skill.

Hope tcm is appreciative of your new found qualification in teaching......

[Orla]

Hi Nick

Congratulations, well done dude

Dougie

[Nick]

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Thanks Jim and Dougie

[claymore]

OK - thats enough.

wanders off muttering about lowering standards and corn-flake packet tops.....

[Telo]

And did you go anywhere nice?

[Nick]

And did you go anywhere nice?

Greenock

[wully]

And did you go anywhere nice?

Greenock

Well done for getting out in one piece.