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From: "Julian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:20 AM
Subject: [canals-list] Lifejackets, VHF and licences
> Take the first item lifejackets: it seems that more and more people are
> venturing out onto tidal rivers without a lifejacket, this to me is
> stupid.
(snip)
> They should be made compulsory on all tidal rivers.
This is purely a personal safety issue and should be left to the individual.
Legislation is not neccesary.
>
> On to the second VHF: I applaud the PLA for bringing this in,it should
> have been above 10m, it's about time.
> If the "captain" of the Marchioness had been able to hear his VHF (I
> believe it wasn't loud enough to get over the volume of the music) he
> would have known that the dredger was departing and could have kept out of
> the way. The same goes for any other boat on the tideway, all reporting
> vessels have to notify when they leave so if you listen, you know what big
> stuff is about and can keep a look out and stay out of their way.
Fair enough, but bear in mind the increased likelyhood of "vhf assisted
collisions" means overall safety will not necessarily be increased.
It is somewhere in the colregs or similar that due to the risk of
misidentification, VHF should not be used as a substitute for the colregs.
>
> Licences: It's about time a licence became compulsory with a practical and
> theoretical test.
I am completely opposed to this, there is no evidence it would make any
difference. A large number of gross incompetence incidents in the sailing
world involve certificated idiots.
> And finally CEVNI: when is this country going to stop trying to reinvent
> the wheel and adopt the European standard for lights and signs on
> waterways, they are just so much better than the ones in use over here. I
> am not saying that all canals should have a new proliferation of signs
> merely that where they are used they should be the European ones.
>
Agreed.
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