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Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
ASSESSMENT - I have a training sail coming up so I have been reading those
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'Set your alarm clock to go off at random times during the night. When it goes off, jump out of bed
and get dressed as fast as you can, then run out into your yard and break out the garden hose and turn it on full blast over your head for 4 hours while you swing around on your clothes wire.'
USER FRIENDLY? - One of the aggravating things about computers is that sometimes they don't let you do what you want at
all! Don't believe all that 'user-friendly' nonsense, don't be fooled by the hype, I say! My aggravation comes about because once again, I'm trying to access the A-Z listing of Crew Volunteers and the
message pops up "Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet Site" and "the protocol is not valid". Strange, sometimes it works!
MOTIVATION - I can, however, see the familiar faces of some fellow CVs from former training sails and I can't wait to see them again on 8th
January, our big announcement day at Earls Court. Their photos remind me of the times I have arrived on board for a training sail. Just imagine – you have never met these people and you don't know their individual idiosyncrasies but just by looking at them you already recognise that they are like-minded spirits. They have gone through the same application, interview, training, doubting and hoping process as the rest of us. Having the same goal in mind helps a group of strangers to bond very easily – and that's before we have even got round to 'tea with sugar or without?'
ISO – If you have been following the last few journals, you'll know that I definitely have something to say about dinghy sailing, in that everybody should do it! During a
recent Sunday afternoon at Serasa, the RBYC Commodore set us an interesting fun course with a box in the middle – through which you had to sail backwards. I've tried it on a windsurfer, easy! In a Laser 1, you can do
it, in a conventional two sail dinghy, you can do it. In an ISO however – and an ISO doesn't have a transom – it's like sailing a shovel with the sharp end first, in that if you don't get your combined crew and
helm weight into the middle, it scoops all the water into the boat! Well, we tried, and despite a valiant effort by my crew, all I can say is that I clearly need much more practice at driving backwards. Hopefully this
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