Updated and bumped: The same BZ to Roger and Tim who passed QE on Sunday! Way to go everyone.A big Bravo Zulu to Paul, Chris, Shaun, Gary, and Kip from 76 who passed QE today and have been recommended for qualification as boat crew. Good luck to Tim and Roger who go before the QEs on Sunday. This is the culmination of over three intense months of study, class work and practical on the water work. You've done very well. Now you have the opportunity to get out on the water in regular operations and start the journey from competency, to comfort and hopefully to mastery at some point in the future.
My conversations with the QEs were highly complementary of all the crew and coxswain candidates.
I cannot say enough about the quality of the program that Flotilla 73, under the leadership of Don Verkest, provides. Don has developed an outstanding schedule -- the on-the-water exercises always seem to come at exactly the right time to cement the classroom learning. I've a particular appreciation for the academy this year having gone from a somewhat casual relationship as a crew mentor to a coxswain candidate. My skills would not be anywhere near what they are had I used the self-study method. The 73 Crew/Coxswain Academy is a model that should be emulated nation-wide.
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