{"id":375,"date":"2018-11-20T15:41:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T15:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/wordpress\/?p=375"},"modified":"2018-11-28T18:07:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T18:07:54","slug":"a-chance-to-learn-the-ropes-with-mike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"A chance to learn the ropes with Mike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mike McD writes:\u00a0<\/b>If you click on the menu item <a href=\"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/skills-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skills Training<\/a> you will find a complete explanation of how members can gain competence in the 18 subjects that are considered relevant to our sport.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>At the present time we have 18 Skipper and 5 Coxes.\u00a0 All members are encouraged to complete the &#8216;Competent crew&#8217; level by developing their understanding, knowledge and experience at their own pace, using the self-assessment sign-off sheet as a guide.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A copy of the Skills Training Process is on the wall just inside the &#8216;Captain&#8217;s cabin&#8217; at the Shed, as well as the &#8216;sign-off&#8217; sheet for Competent Crew.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>From this coming Saturday, 24th, (and as many thereafter as necessary), I will be at the Shed from 9.30am to 11am to help with some of the items on the Competent Crew schedule &#8211; Parts of boat, Knots, anchor work, etc.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4525\/38136585332_01e2210f3e_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cox training: steering without the rudder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>Please note that also on the TRAINING NOTICEBOARD (next to the lifejackets) is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rya.org.uk\/knowledge-advice\/safe-boating\/look-after-yourself\/Pages\/cold-water-shock.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a very good explanation of Cold Water Shock\u00a0 taken from the latest RYA Newsletter<\/a>.\u00a0 Opportunities to participate in the practical &#8216;man-overboard&#8217; exercise will be advertised.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you would like to get started on the &#8216;Competent Crew&#8217; or refresh you memory on anything, I (and a few others) will be delighted to see you.\u00a0 Training notes will be provided.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike McD writes:\u00a0If you click on the menu item Skills Training you will find a complete explanation of how members can gain competence in the 18 subjects that are considered relevant to our sport. At the present time we have 18 Skipper and 5 Coxes.\u00a0 All members are encouraged to complete the &#8216;Competent crew&#8217; level &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/?p=375\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A chance to learn the ropes with Mike&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}