Sixpack did the official Dutch Navigation Exam April 8, 2006

Sixpack · 04-08-06, 07:55 AM

......and succeeded with flying colors

I thought I had the right to brag here, if only today

So the investment of freetime during the last 6 months have not been invain ! And better yet, I dont have to do it again: Navigator for life

This exam regards Theoretical Coastal Navigation (in Dutch TKN). I get the certificate in 3 week time.

Charts plotting, meteo, tides, streams, IALA-A, GPS, calculating depths, Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, signals and lights, surveying (compass to chart and vice versa), etc. etc. Serious stuff.

I tell ya I am glad to put that pile of books and charts back into my cupboard !!!!!

Virtual beers on me tonite

Kapitan · 04-08-06, 08:00 AM

Congratulations

Sixpack · 04-08-06, 08:02 AM

Thanks, you get an extra beer for being first

STEED · 04-08-06, 08:10 AM

Well done Sixpack the world is your oyster. Hereâ€™s to you.

Bill Nichols · 04-08-06, 08:35 AM

Congrats. I remember taking my navigation exam in the US Navy, it was a b_i_t_c_h !

Konovalov · 04-08-06, 08:39 AM

Congrats. I understand that you are a very keen sailor. What exactly does passing this exam permit you to do? Can you now sail solo around the world? Do you aim to perhaps down the track undertake a long voyage on the worlds oceans? Again, well done.

Etienne · 04-08-06, 08:52 AM

Congrats!

Did you have to do a morse exam?

Abraham · 04-08-06, 09:09 AM

Well done, Flying Dutchman!

Your fellow Hollander is proud of you.

We also understand that most of your controversial posting was nothing but letting off steam because of the intense stress you've been under...
:rotfl:

Happy Times · 04-08-06, 02:48 PM

Congrats

Having next one for you

Torplexed · 04-08-06, 03:52 PM

We get some of those ritzy Dutch floating hotels like the Oosterdam in town occasionally. Maybe I can get Sixpack a cushy job on the navigation deck......?

Kapitan · 04-08-06, 03:54 PM

How about he joins me if i get into RCCL

Drebbel · 04-08-06, 11:37 PM

Van Harte !!!! SixPack !!!!

Congratulations !

lesrae · 04-09-06, 01:13 AM

Well done mate.

AceChilla · 04-09-06, 10:35 AM

Gefeliciteerd!

GunnersMate · 04-09-06, 11:10 AM

Congatulations!

No you can be cursed by Naval OOD's all over the world!

04-08-06, 07:55 AM	#1
Sixpack Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: below North Sea level (iow Holland) Posts: 592 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sixpack did the official Dutch Navigation Exam April 8, 2006 ......and succeeded with flying colors I thought I had the right to brag here, if only today So the investment of freetime during the last 6 months have not been invain ! And better yet, I dont have to do it again: Navigator for life This exam regards Theoretical Coastal Navigation (in Dutch TKN). I get the certificate in 3 week time. Charts plotting, meteo, tides, streams, IALA-A, GPS, calculating depths, Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, signals and lights, surveying (compass to chart and vice versa), etc. etc. Serious stuff. I tell ya I am glad to put that pile of books and charts back into my cupboard !!!!! Virtual beers on me tonite __________________ \"Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse\"

04-08-06, 08:00 AM	#2
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Congratulations __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

04-08-06, 08:02 AM	#3
Sixpack Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: below North Sea level (iow Holland) Posts: 592 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks, you get an extra beer for being first __________________ \"Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse\"

04-08-06, 08:10 AM	#4
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Well done Sixpack the world is your oyster. Hereâ€™s to you. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-08-06, 08:35 AM	#5
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Congrats. I remember taking my navigation exam in the US Navy, it was a b_i_t_c_h ! __________________ My Dangerous Waters website:

04-08-06, 08:39 AM	#6
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Congrats. I understand that you are a very keen sailor. What exactly does passing this exam permit you to do? Can you now sail solo around the world? Do you aim to perhaps down the track undertake a long voyage on the worlds oceans? Again, well done. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

04-08-06, 08:52 AM	#7
Etienne Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 695 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Congrats! Did you have to do a morse exam?

04-08-06, 09:09 AM	#8
Abraham Eternal Patrol Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sixpack did the official Dutch Navigation Exam this morning Well done, Flying Dutchman! Your fellow Hollander is proud of you. We also understand that most of your controversial posting was nothing but letting off steam because of the intense stress you've been under... :rotfl: __________________ RIP Abraham

04-08-06, 02:48 PM	#9
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Congrats Having next one for you __________________

04-08-06, 03:52 PM	#10
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	We get some of those ritzy Dutch floating hotels like the Oosterdam in town occasionally. Maybe I can get Sixpack a cushy job on the navigation deck......?

04-08-06, 03:54 PM	#11
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	How about he joins me if i get into RCCL __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

04-08-06, 11:37 PM	#12
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Van Harte !!!! SixPack !!!! Congratulations !

04-09-06, 01:13 AM	#13
lesrae Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, UK. Posts: 932 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Well done mate. __________________ DOLPHIN 38

04-09-06, 10:35 AM	#14
AceChilla Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hollandia Posts: 53 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Gefeliciteerd!

04-09-06, 11:10 AM	#15
GunnersMate Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USS Sea Tiger Posts: 251 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Congatulations! No you can be cursed by Naval OOD's all over the world! __________________ \"Sir they just fired an Exocet at us!\" \"Very well, Bosn pipe Sweepers\" I\'m having trouble with the radar, sir. What\'s wrong with it? I\'ve lost the bleeps, I\'ve lost the sweeps, and I\'ve lost the creeps.