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Heart Attack in Paradise

Heart Attack in Paradise

Jim Garvin is the kind of student Sailing Instructors really enjoy – he’s teachable, he gets along with everyone and he’s along for the experience more-so than the certificate.  Jim Garvin is low maintenance.  So low maintenance in fact, that when he had a...
Becoming an RYA Instructor: the nitty gritty.

Becoming an RYA Instructor: the nitty gritty.

Topmast gets a few enquiries from Sail Canada and ASA instructors who want to become RYA instructors. Because of the difference between the schemes there is no easy cross-over.  Find out how below. This is the process:1. Become an RYA Yachtmaster with commercial...
Obeying The Buoys

Obeying The Buoys

No one possesses the literary skills to make the subject of buoyage interesting – no one. Buoys, their markings and light attributes are a dry subject and a necessary evil in maritime training schemes. Still, getting them wrong can have very real repercussions....

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