On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we talk about the emotional side of getting Teal's Captain's License. It was a big moment for the sv basik crew a...

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hey everyone welcome back to SP basic

today we're gonna do a little break from

doing projects and talk a little about

getting a captain's license I'm not

gonna go into detail about what you need

to learn because that video would be 90

hours long but I will talk a little

about the personal reasons and actually

the emotional reasons and a little bit

about the process of how to get a

captain's license so stand by and we'll

get into this so the reason I wanted to

go and get my captain's license was

personal

a lot of people get it for a career move

but I did it because

I spent most of my life on the water in

the 70s I cruised with my father on his

40-foot Piper victress thousands of

ocean lands 1999 Lin and I bought our

first cruising boat it was a 40 of one

foot Lauren Williams trimaran we we

spent seven half years on that boat

three and a half in the Sea of Cortez it

doesn't matter how many miles you put on

the water there is always something to

learn and that's why I wanted to get my

captain's license so it's a compact

eight-week course that just gets you so

much information I mean you're gonna

learn about navigation you're gonna

learn about the 72 Col regs you're gonna

learn about safety you're gonna learn

about charting I mean you think you know

everything it's humbling taking this

class

and I'm so glad I did cuz I got one of

these

okay I'm off to my first class at the

u.s. Maritime Academy

I'll be honest I'm a little nervous I

really don't know what to expect yet got

my my book bag with a pencil and a

notepad and that's it

I'm sure I'll feel a lot more

comfortable after the end of today I get

my books my study guides and my charts

today

to be four hours a day three days a week

for eight weeks it's 96 hours of class

time

starts at six o'clock at night ends at

ten o'clock at night so I get there

during the day and I'll be coming home

in the dark I'll be honest a little

nervous I really don't know what to

expect

but I'll learn a lot today

see how this goes okay so I'm standing

right here right now our boat is right

here so it's just this short little walk

and what a walk it is God every day I

get to enjoy this 3000 step walk from

our boat through this historic ships

Wharf I mean is this just the perfect

setting for a captain's course

- something about this walk alone just

get you pumped up for class

okay I'm at class taking it at the

Center for wooden boats I mean look at

this setting is this just appropriate or

what

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the walk wasn't too bad

took me about not know 15 minutes a lot

easier than parking I'll tell you that

parking in this area of the city is

about impossible and let's take a look

at where I walked from

let's see our mast is right there

okay

they once in the books

I have my study guides

I have my charts and I learned a lot

gotta meet the instructor captain

Jeffrey Sanders great guy

old salt full of stories very

entertaining with an interesting

teaching technique I think I'm really

gonna enjoy this you know in the first

four hours I've figured him out he

understands that there it is impossible

to learn all this information in the 96

hours during his class so rather than

teach you and cram it in during class

he's teaching you how to teach yourself

because two-thirds of this information

you have to learn you're gonna learn at

home

so to be fun I'm I'm getting more and

more excited

one day down in the first week

with eight weeks to go

I'm beat so Till's just text me he's

about a couple minutes away from home

and I am super excited to hear about his

birthday it kept us cos it's gonna be a

little rough for a couple months just

because I get home about 5:30 from the

office and that's when tea leaves to go

to class so we're just gonna have to

juggle it and make it work with Emma and

schooling for both teal and Emma and

this is gonna be great in the long run

so I'm super excited to hear what he has

to say

how was your first day star student star

soon we'll see what that I'm excited

yeah my study guys look at this tiny

tomorrow come on it wasn't that bad I

actually enjoyed it but it's

overwhelming how much material I learn

in the next eight weeks but we'll get

through it you can do it I'll be your

study partner okay class time was a fast

fast pace and you only had enough time

to skim through the study guides so it

was at home that you could really pound

that information in I can't emphasize

enough how important it is to get that

study time in I blocked out three hours

a day seven days a week during this

course and I can't emphasize enough how

much I needed that just to feel

comfortable going into the next day you

know it took me a couple weeks to get it

to the groove and then I really felt

like I was hitting my stride

okay I'm a couple weeks into this now

you know I really enjoy the walk here

be honest I'm running the 72 coal rigs

through my mind right now just trying to

get those that printed for the testing

and this this walk really helped

it's kind of my own time just to thank

and

and just kind of process all this

information try to get it to stick these

in my hand a lot or nice I don't know

why my mind is busy

you know I'm really not the type of

person that ever thought flashcards

would help me learn

but captain Sanders was adamant that

everybody made flashcards so I did and

even making the flashcards was

enlightening to how much information I

would retain especially using the

flashcards everywhere I brought him with

me I put a couple in my pocket and I

would drill every day with these things

Emma

sure got a kick out of it too she would

flash the cards and flash a smile I knew

I got the right answer so it was a great

way for us to bond

okay I am coming to the end of the

course real quick testing starts next

week

my mind is numb

it is hard to believe that I would be

ready be honest I am terrified

I'm not alone you know I talked to

everybody else in the class and it's

nerve-racking

but

I'm gonna do this

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I'll just keep steady and Todd feel like

again

all right we're just taking a little

stroll on West Lake heading towards

South Lake Union it's great night

perfect to take a little cruise around

the lake we're going to go to the

Virginia pipe which is a historic

both and also it is teals graduation

we're really excited and can't wait to

see what the festivities are for today

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so at the ceremony when captain Sanders

called my name and gave me my

certificate the sense of accomplishment

was amazing I I was overwhelmed but when

he called me back to give me the black

cap I looked over at my family and I saw

the pride in their eyes that that meant

the world to me okay

graduation ceremony is done but I want

to have my own toast to the new captain

Cheers

oh and not only did he'll graduate but

he graduated top of his class

top honors so that is awesome he got a

very distinguished black hat hard to

believe isn't it hard to believe

actually it's not but I'm very proud of

you thank you

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