Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils to Help Avoid Collisions at Sea

Re:Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils to Help Avoid Colli... by trhway on Monday October 02, 2017 @03:35PM (#15387185)

>only a couple of days are dedicated to navigation and mariner skills.

couple of days :) ... couple of years during middle school that i spent going to "Young Sailor Club" (USSR version of sea-skill oriented Boy Scouts) half the time was my specialization - electronics, half the time - the generic maritime skills, navigation, sailing, classic communication (Morse, flags), firefighting, actually going out on a [small training non-armed] Navy ship, etc..

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Re:Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils to Help Avoid Colli... by lscotte on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @10:25AM (#15392602)

In the US, this is the Sea Scouts. Almost nobody knows about them, but anyplace near big water likely has several ships (same as a troop). It's a great program, we were involved when my son was a teenager - they (group of teenagers) literally ran a 100 ton, 95 foot former USCG Cutter. It's great for boys and girls, I'm convinced they get more training than the Navy does. :-)

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Re:Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils to Help Avoid Colli... by cr0sh on Monday October 02, 2017 @06:08PM (#15388375)

Sounds like you had an interesting childhood (and likely one that provided skills to serve you well into adulthood)!

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