Greater Duty of Care-Navigation as a primary skill

So as it turns out that navigation stuff is quite useful. Johnathan Walpole, a BCU coach from Oregon, posted something quite interesting in the mile-long thread on the Netart’s Bay incident from Lumpy Water that really got me thinking. Whenever there is a symposium, or any skills training event, students flock in droves to classes …

Finished the Patrick O’Brian Aubrey Maturin Series

For those that don’t know Patrick O’Brian’s works, and who may not have read my other posts on Aubrey/Maturin, I will quickly summarize. Patrick O’Brian over the course of several decades wrote 21 books based on Lord Cochrane an active frigate captain in the Napoleonic wars. The novels depict the life and adventures of two …