Originally Posted by jam25mack (Post 10884997)

Short

* Get my CGeol..... been fannying about with this for ages...
* Get promoted again after the above
* Sort all my debts etc out
* Stop smoking
* Get fitter

Long

* Get my Yachtmaster
* Change careers to something more exciting
* Buy some property somewhere snowy... Colorado maybe.
* Retire early

Long long

* Get caught up in a major international scandal

Long long long

* Die happy but in an absolutely trashed carcass!

Originally Posted by jam25mack (Post 10884996)

Short

* Get my CGeol..... been fannying about with this for ages...
* Get promoted again after the above
* Sort all my debts etc out
* Stop smoking
* Get fitter

Long

* Get my Yachtmaster
* Change careers to something more exciting
* Buy some property somewhere snowy... Colorado maybe.
* Retire early

Long long

* Get caught up in a major international scandal

Long long long

* Die happy but in an absolutely trashed carcass!

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10885003)

You can get your Yachtmaster in a week if you have some of the basic stuff, my sister did it, it was intense and lumpy on the wallet but worth the time. Although, I think it was in Wales.....

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10884974)

Come on, what did he do?

Tennis ranking? As in a proper pro ranking or is it like getting a handicap in golf?

Originally Posted by The_Citizen (Post 10885005)

I looked into doing it out here but was very pricey. Something I will look at again in 2-3 years time I think.

Originally Posted by The_Citizen (Post 10885002)

Do you work in Geology Jam?

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10885003)

You can get your Yachtmaster in a week if you have some of the basic stuff, my sister did it, it was intense and lumpy on the wallet but worth the time. Although, I think it was in Wales.....

Originally Posted by jam25mack (Post 10885023)

Sure do. I'm a Senior Engineering Geologist.

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10885018)

She was all over it and loved it, but spent a good few thousand to do it in the week long course. Said it was intense and full of absolute helmets but worth the cash money.

Originally Posted by al dente (Post 10885009)

It's a ranking among seniors, a world ranking though! I'm not that good but managed to scrape into qualifying for trying..

He failed to book the holiday accom for a trip to the UK that I didn't want to go on and there is none left in the area and flights are booked, also my bro has booked flights to come too. Nothing remotely interesting but the sort of thing that makes spouses stabby.

Originally Posted by jam25mack (Post 10885028)

Was that the theory as well as the practical?

I agree that you could do the theory but the practical requires a certain amount of hours.

I have nothing at the moment (no practical crew or day skipper) even though I have sailed and raced since I was a teenager. Should really just step up and do it.

Sailing is a silly expensive hobby tho.

Originally Posted by The_Citizen (Post 10885037)

Does she ever use it though?

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10885047)

That's pretty poor from him, but everyone makes mistakes. I'm sure he'll make up for it.

Ranking sounds epic. Definitely do that. That's awesome.:thumbsup:



I think she had to have x hours (x00 I think) under her belt already as there was only going to be x hours completed on the course itself.

To be honest, I can't really remember, I just know that Dad was splitting the cost with Mum but ended up paying more and it all kicked off and wasn't worth the aggro as far as I was concerned.

I've got competent crew, was on holiday doing day skipper but they wouldn't let me do it properly because I was 15, which was weird but some bullshit excuse not to let me play boats I reckon.

Sailing is one of my favourite things to do, I really should look into it out here...problem is I can't stand the yachties and the bollocks that falls out their gobs.



She did, for a bit and was a mad keen sailor....but not sure she uses it at all anymore. More into scuba diving now.

Originally Posted by The_Citizen (Post 10885050)

I did sailing as a kid and loved it but there was nowhere that close where I could do it as a kid.

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10885055)

That's the thing, it's hard and expensive to get into unless it's on your doorstep.

My school had a sailing club which was cool, just in dinghies on a big lake racing and learning.

On top of that Dad's got a yacht so we'd go out every weekend in Summer and occasionally when colder, but we were / are proper fair weather sailors. **** the cold and blowy stuff.