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17 .. stay off the water lads :p


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Well for a bloke without boat. I got 20.
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theodosius wrote:22, didn't know some markers and a flag
You just ran over a diver :D :D
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STANDY wrote:
theodosius wrote:22, didn't know some markers and a flag
You just ran over a diver :D :D

Plenty have tried.....trust me!!!!
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23 , bit rusty on the channel marks ,
do I get the pilot job :D
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jeffish wrote:23 , bit rusty on the channel marks ,
do I get the pilot job :D

You couldnt do any worse than the reef hitting muppets who do the job now mate !! :rofl:
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I had four years of teaching this so I'm all over it.
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Went for my coxswains years ago, memorising all those little back ball and triangle symbols turned me right off, made me bail.

Bit cruel having to make a barra guide learn all those symbols just to get a coxswains to work rivers and the inshore waters, maybe there should be a simpler, more targeted cert for barra guides just covering sea skills, coastal and river geography, first aid and how to entertain punters when fish are quiet :)
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Matt Flynn wrote:Went for my coxswains years ago, memorising all those little back ball and triangle symbols turned me right off, made me bail.

Bit cruel having to make a barra guide learn all those symbols just to get a coxswains to work rivers and the inshore waters, maybe there should be a simpler, more targeted cert for barra guides just covering sea skills, coastal and river geography, first aid and how to entertain punters when fish are quiet :)
This is not the way forward Matt. I see the consequences of downgrading expectations of skill levels to match the newer generation of candidates every day in the construction industry. Make it harder and weed out the ones without the genuine interest and passion not easier so we tick off more jobs created, we are spiralling backwards for a disaster the way we train and dish out qualifications now days.
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where's the test for boat ramps ,,, would a high failure rate on that one I reckon :P :P :P
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100% AM. People just want the easy way out these days.
Jeff, most people do the right thing BUT i saw a bloke the other day push in front of 6 boats patiently waiting in line to retrieve. :evil:
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Doesn't have to be going backwards, just move it sideways with training appropriate for the job. Can't see any need for a barra guide knowing all the black balls and triangles etc.

Needs to be trained to tie a lure while popping tinnies for clients, while entertaining client's missus with banter, while avoiding the conga-line trolling lines, while watching sounder, knowledge where the rockbars are, know how to make good sangers, and how to live on four hours sleep ...

bl..dy black balls and triangles, sheesh ...
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They still have to come in and out of the harbour sometimes Matt.
Hell we even have markers at Dundee now .

I don't like looking at Black Balls either :o
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Buoys and night light knowledge is useful ... but those goddam black balls and triangles ...
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Matt Flynn wrote:...... Can't see any need for a barra guide knowing all the black balls and triangles etc.

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Yeah the black balls gave me a hard time as well when i did mine. i tried a similar argument with my examiner but he said 'when you get your coxswains, they dont restrict you to billabongs. its an open ticket'
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