Monthly Archives: February 2014

Cap'n Sarich

Cap’n Sarich part I

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On the 8th and 9th of February, I completed the RYA power boating Helmsman course. I am now capable of taking charge of a motor cruiser as a skipper within a defined area (allegedly).

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An interesting, and very experienced group (forgiving one).

The weather was against us with gale force 6-8 occassionally approaching 10 not too distant.

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John (trainee instructor); Gren (instructor); Ron (co-Helmsman); Jamie (trainee yachtmaster).

On the Saturday, we remained within the (relatively) safe confines of Chatham marina and practiced some close quarters maneuvering (mind the yachts!); power boats – especially twin 310bhp engined power boats with bow thrusters – rock… and pirouette pretty well too.

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The less wet-and-windy helm.

Sunday found us whizzing up and down the River Medway. Check out the video to see how windy it was.

Good fun. I’m looking forward to the subsequent courses.

R

Finance

Sustaining my employ

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Many individual investors lose consistently by trading, an achievement that a dart-throwing chimp could not match.

– Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow p.213 (2011).

Despite the lacklustre performance of all my efforts (don’t take my investment advice!), I take comfort in distinguishing myself from our simian relations.

R