Practical Sea School

🐚Making the wisdom of the sea approachable and affordable⛵️🌊Advocating sustainable travel by sail

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

Trying to get through to the @ChartWorldECDIS 24h emergency support number, but no answer? Does anyone know if there is a specific issue with this service at the moment?

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

500 years ago today the navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano returned after the first circumnavigation. He left with Magellan in 1519 in 5 boats and with 235 crew. Only 1 boat and 21 crew returned (many mutinied). Yesterday the sailors in the @ggr2022 departed on a similar adventure!

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

Love this…

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

Traditional navigation is much like life, instead of knowing exactly where you are all of the time, all you can really hope to achieve is a good understanding of where you are not.

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

Well this is good news...Latin American countries join reserves to create vast marine protected area https://t.co/MG8gNjK9dU

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

Humans are still in charge... https://t.co/YHyx0Whwqb
"much of the maritime industry is compliance based" this is sadly true, when the sea is obviously an environment where a better ethos is required.

[Tim Newson @tim_newson_]

“It’s never too late to do as much as we can” @GretaThunberg on the @MarrShow just now #COP26  #ClimateJusticeNow

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

Got my bedtime reading sorted for the next couple of weeks!

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

@MrsT106 And a tax payer funded organisation- NASA - put a man on the moon decades ago. Not sure what your point is here, apart from perhaps that Capitalism is really slow!

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

https://t.co/qiMLj2Tiwj it’s extraordinary they have had to so clearly state what should be the blimmin obvious!

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

https://t.co/zzS5TEdZ9j As it's warming up it is tempting to go out without lifejackets while sailing. This recent testing by the @maibgovuk brings it home that if you're wearing oilskins, or any heavy clothing, you should definitely always be wearing a lifejacket.

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

Want to get back out on the water, but feeling a little rusty? Have a couple days refresher with some own boat tuition - https://t.co/DGxZ8Da54F

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

We did end up very close to the separation zone on this trip. I had to call up the French CG and explain that we were under sail and it would be awkward to avoid cutting the corner. They were very understanding.

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

Good to see my crew using of Area of Uncertainty well - with each hourly Estimated Position plot.

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

The just published @maibgovuk Safety Digest: https://t.co/W80135z3GO explains how this First 40 ended up like this back in Nov 2019, see p.53. Spade rudders need to be built strong!

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

https://t.co/binCcfjS4L One to follow today!

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Alas, this doesn't surprise me at all...

[Rosa Bown @imrosabown]

What is it like to be a #woman in a man's sea?

Did you know that 71% of women aged 26-30 have experienced gender-based discrimination in #sailing?

Find out how one #powerfulwoman has overcome the struggles of being a lady in the sailing industry here⬇️

https://t.co/ODSVUOYWCc

[Maersk @Maersk]

Maersk’s rainbow containers' world tour begins, our commitment to #inclusion and #diversity all year round. Starting aboard the #Maersk Edmonton from @APMTerminals Pier 400 in LA. The tour finishes in Denmark for Copenhagen Pride 2021 https://t.co/Th0utlKDDg
#inclusionalltheway

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

We'd of course prefer it if they went back to sail power, but @Maersk have taken an impressive leap with this decision. They are showing exactly the kind of leadership that any industry that still relies on fossil fuels need to take. https://t.co/M8DorEgxcn

[Practical Sea School @seaschool_]

Nice little article about the refit of our Baba 35, Black Sheep. In Classic Boat Magazine no less! Did I really say we'd be launched in 2021? I'd better get my skates on.