………….. you know you are “hanging on too tight” after level 1 training when ………… you start practicing winch handle techniques while you’re winding the clock …………
…….. you know you are “hanging on too tight” after Level 1 training when………. you make inappropriate use of the heated towel rail ………
……. you know you are “hanging on too tight” after Level 1 training when …………….. you start “oxo-ing” the bathroom blind cord on the nearest “cleat” ……….
you know you are “hanging on too tight” after Level 1 training when …………. you are at the UK Ship Simulator Centre and you get the urge to shout “Ready to tack, runners back” while “helming” a 200,000 tonne container carrier!
Now a bell ringing, bee keeping businessman (not always in that order) Keith has limited yachting experience but considerable sea-going experience having served afloat for the majority of his 34 years service in the Royal Navy. This included serving in every class of warship from minesweeper to aircraft carrier, commanding 4 different ships (a minesweeper, two destroyers and an amphibious command ship) and commanding all UK maritime forces in the Middle East for a 2 year period. Concurrently he was the Deputy Coalition Commander of a multi-national force of over 115 warships drawn from 22 different countries. For him the challenge and excitement of being part of the Clipper Round The World Race team has proved irresistible, in particular taking on the four big west-east ocean crossings and the chance to sail across oceans and seas he has yet to experience.
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Well … it’s better than “not hanging on tight enough” … Good job with what appeared to be a bowline, clove hitch, and anchor hitch.
Level 1 training was something of a bowline-fest and a throwback to my Scouting days………… and this lot are slightly easier than the Admiralty Stopper knot, Rolling hitch, Sheet bend, Double Sheet Bend and Tugman’s hitches on winches!
you know you are “hanging on too tight” after Level 1 training when …………. you are at the UK Ship Simulator Centre and you get the urge to shout “Ready to tack, runners back” while “helming” a 200,000 tonne container carrier!![523EBFC7-[5902]](https://keithsclipperadventure.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/523ebfc7-5902.jpg?w=316&h=237)
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Well … it’s better than “not hanging on tight enough” … Good job with what appeared to be a bowline, clove hitch, and anchor hitch.
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Level 1 training was something of a bowline-fest and a throwback to my Scouting days………… and this lot are slightly easier than the Admiralty Stopper knot, Rolling hitch, Sheet bend, Double Sheet Bend and Tugman’s hitches on winches!
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