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Tuesday 19 July 2011

RBE Day 16 - VHF course

Yet another course today!  We were really hoping this one would be easier on the brain than RADAR yesterday!

Oh yes it was indeed, no offence to Neil yesterday, but this one was much funnier.

Lots of technical detail to get through, and lots of practice.

Duncan supervises Peter and Chris

John loves playing with gadgets!

Mike sounded really masterful on the VHF


I hadnt realised we needed to have a biology lesson - because apparently, people are in doubt where their mouths and ears are!   Duncan drew a technical diagram outlining anatomy for us -

Apparently, your mouth is south of your nose!


However, there was still some confusion!

"Are you receiving me? Over"  Hardly!


"Look behind you John"!!
"Mayday, Mayday, Mayday,
This is sailing yacht Round Britain Experience, Round Britain Experience, Round Britain Experience,
Mayday Round Britain Experience,
Our position is a little bit tricky,
So sorry to bother you, really dont want to disturb you but we are having a bit of a problem with our engine which is a little bit on fire,
Would you mind terribly giving us some help, when ever you can make it, immediate would be ever so kind of you, but we dont want to be a nusiance
Over, and thank you once again!"

Well - we all passed, despite the confusion over bodily parts (John would like me to point out here that he was not the only one who did this!  In fairness to him, I do remember when I first used a mobile phone, couldnt hear anything and had one of my children turn it the right way round!  One comment I would just like to make here was the feedback Duncan gave to John when he finished, saying "that was the most polite Mayday I have ever heard" 

We are all about to return to the boat and there is talk of fixing a G&T.......mmmmmmm.  Chris was up first thing to visit the fish market (she is taking this catering business far more seriously than me!) and there is fish pie for dinner - Im going to love being cooked for (I miss your cooking Debs!)



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