Mindset Adventures With Saz

Relief. It has been an intense 2 years completing my RYA and Trinity House Scholarship but finally, I've come out the other side of it as a commercially endorsed offshore skipper for sail and power. I couldn't have done this without my Dad and Tony teaching me how to sail when I was 12 and then so many others along the way teaching me their tricks. I have been building up to these more advanced courses since I was 15 and completed my competent crew!  They were intense courses. The sail prep week finished with an exam from 2 pm till 2 am where even over dinner I was getting grilled about nav lights and anchoring all whilst in yet another gale!  Information on how you can get your commercial endorsement if you need/want to drive sail/power vessels for work can be found here : https://www.rya.org.uk/training/professional-qualifications/commercial-endorsements So, what does this actually all mean? An RYA Yachtmaster® Offshore is competent to skipper a cruising yacht/vessel on...

So, what's it been like in the science world after most staff were furloughed for months on end and all science stopped for almost a year... What a look. These photos are going to go in no particular order because there has not really been any structure to this hectic year. I can tell that I have been stressed and a bit under&overwhelmed with work because my blog posts have been so far and between!   Wish my legs were up all the time!  The first few weeks back at SAMS after furlough, I was all over the place trying to sort stuff out. One of my most recent exploits was up around the West Coast of Scotland A dynamic week sampling for Maerl around the west coast of Scotland, my best skippering job yet. Small roads, hard reversing, beach launches, busy ports, intense passage planning, exposed coasts, jumping dolphins, preying sea eagles and some happy scientists and the work truck only died on me on the day I was heading home! We were buzzing around the highlands for Conn...