{"id":1520,"date":"2016-03-18T16:17:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T15:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2016-03-18T16:17:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T15:17:59","slug":"skillset-of-a-shoestring-sailor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/?p=1520","title":{"rendered":"Skillset of a shoestring sailor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just found the following list on a forum thread about becoming a shoestring sailor (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruisersforum.com\/forums\/f2\/shoestring-sailors-cruising-on-500-per-month-part-ii-79067-7.html#post917798\">link<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Learn to navigate<\/b> &#8211; the old fashioned way (with paper chart and using DR)&#8230;.useful (IMO still essential) even if using a <a class=\"sk_tag\" title=\"View more discussions on Chartplotter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cruisersforum.com\/forums\/tags\/chartplotter.html\">Chartplotter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Engine Mechanics<\/b> &#8211; at least able to <a class=\"sk_tag\" title=\"View more discussions on Service\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cruisersforum.com\/forums\/tags\/service.html\">service<\/a> own engine and to spot when anything is amiss before it gets serious or terminal ($$$).<\/li>\n<li><b>Electrickery<\/b> &#8211; a basic understanding is good, at least enough not to fry oneself or set fire to boat!<\/li>\n<li><b>Learn to Sail!<\/b> &#8211; some ability to get the <a class=\"sk_tag\" title=\"View more discussions on Sails\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cruisersforum.com\/forums\/tags\/sails.html\">sails<\/a> up and move under wind power is essential. More ability is nice!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So yeah, got an exam on the 1) on sunday. I&#8217;d consider myself a serious hobbyist on 2) and 3). Training for 4) is already booked. Seems I&#8217;m heading somewhere&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just found the following list on a forum thread about becoming a shoestring sailor (link): Learn to navigate &#8211; the old fashioned way (with paper chart and using DR)&#8230;.useful (IMO still essential) even if using a Chartplotter. Engine Mechanics &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/?p=1520\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notech","category-thoughtsandfeelings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anditainment.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}