I learnt to sail while serving in the RAF where I qualified as a Royal Yachting Association Day Skipper in 1987. I used this qualification on several occasions, borrowing 6-berth Royal Navy yachts, choosing crews of my junior airmen, teaching them how to handle sails and steer the boat. This was all in UK coastal waters.
The qualification enabled me to hire yachts in the Mediterranean on ‘bare-boat-charter’ terms to take friends and family members sailing.
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