点评:My partner and I did the Competent Crew course; Lance was our instructor, Rock-On was our boat and the weather was awesome.
Lance was fantastic, his wealth of knowledge and level of experience combined with his calm and collected approach to instruction were fantastic attributes that really helped the passage of knowledge and the general all round experience throughout the week. His enthusiasm also have encouraged us to take the next step in our sailing experience and go for the Day Skipper’s course (have just signed on to an on-line Theory course). I have to question his ability at making toast whilst out at sea thou’, luckily that wasn’t part of the course :D.
Rock-On, however wasn’t as fantastic, the boat, was showing its age (as was the equipment on board) and had a number of issues. Things such as the auto-pilot not working and the sink tap falling off were annoying but didn’t really distract from the instruction or the week’s experience (I mean who doesn’t love taking the helm and steering across the Straits of Gibraltar?). The main sail kept jamming though, which would have been a bit of a issue for the week; if it hadn’t been for the innovative thinking and problem solving of Lance to un-jam it every time, I think this would have been a bit of a show-stopper and would have seen us having to return to the Marina in Gibraltar to resolve.
As a whole thou’, a really positive and brilliant experience. Would we go back to Rock for the Day Skipper’s course and perhaps above and beyond this? The answer to this would be a resounding 'Yes' – but conditional on having Lance as our instructor again and a different boat (the boat being the reason for 4 stars instead of 5).
翻译:我和我的搭档参加了胜任船员课程; Lance 是我们的教练,Rock-On 是我们的船,天气非常棒。
兰斯太棒了,他丰富的知识和经验水平,加上他冷静和镇定的教学方法,这些都是奇妙的品质,确实有助于知识的传递和整个星期的全面体验。他的热情也鼓励我们在航海体验中迈出下一步,并参加日间船长课程(刚刚报名参加在线理论课程)。我不得不质疑他在海上做吐司的能力,幸运的是这不是课程的一部分:D。
然而,Rock-On 号并不那么出色,这艘船已经显示出它的年龄(船上的设备也是如此),并且存在许多问题。自动驾驶仪不起作用和水槽水龙头掉落之类的事情很烦人,但并没有真正分散对指示或一周体验的注意力(我的意思是,谁不喜欢掌舵并驾驶穿越直布罗陀海峡?) 。不过,主帆一直卡住,这对本周来说是一个问题;如果不是兰斯每次都以创新思维和解决问题的方式解决问题,我认为这会有点令人窒息,我们不得不返回直布罗陀的码头解决。
总的来说,这是一次非常积极和精彩的经历。我们会回到摇滚当日船长的课程吗?也许除此之外?答案是响亮的“是”——但条件是兰斯再次担任我们的教练,并且是一艘不同的船(这艘船是 4 星而不是 5 星的原因)。