tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846039116521390381.post6584605822648524318..comments2024-03-18T10:15:10.250+00:00Comments on Lifeboat Scrapbook: More weatherlifeboatjohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12470918952668384528noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846039116521390381.post-10447376790905451732010-01-24T20:11:39.928+00:002010-01-24T20:11:39.928+00:00It can be a hard decision, but it should be a stra...It can be a hard decision, but it should be a straight-forward judgement call. Bottom line is...training is important but never to the extent that you are unnecessarily risking either the boat or the crew. Recovering back onto a hard steel and concrete slip can be particularly tough on the boat. We've done it enough times to know what's worth risking and what's not. A shout is verylifeboatjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12470918952668384528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846039116521390381.post-80483051431857940052010-01-24T17:44:13.363+00:002010-01-24T17:44:13.363+00:00It is a difficult decision as the LOM will most li...It is a difficult decision as the LOM will most likely not be very popular with the crew if he makes the 'wrong' decision.<br /><br />Exercising in rough weather can be benificial though as it is the only way to ready yourself for shouts, which are nodoubt going to occur on fairly rough days!<br /><br />For instance, Training today was in fairly large surf, but it was useful to know how Matthew Gibbonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730592806148072879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846039116521390381.post-27997223889632261442010-01-20T18:01:27.814+00:002010-01-20T18:01:27.814+00:00it must be difficult making the decision as to wha...it must be difficult making the decision as to what represents 'realistic' training conditions and 'too dangerous' training conditions - after all I assume when you launch on exercise the shore helpers are also training in their roles.Marthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073227025663059070noreply@blogger.com