----- Original Message ----- From: "Niall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Lifejackets, VHF and licences
> > ----- Original Message ----- > 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. > Oh I am so glad someone has the same views as myself. I also think children should be brought up to play with boats then it might cease to be an old fogeys game. Sue nb Nackered Navvy Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
