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Brass
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Topic: Safety SIs in Conflict with Fundamental Rule 4 Posted: 24 Aug 14 at 12:42pm |
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Paramedic
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 26 Aug 14 at 5:29pm | |
Sorry to leap on that statement - but having inserted a SI like that are you not kind of under obligation to support your rescue crew in their judgement? What seems reasonable out on the water can once ashore and with hindsight be seen to be OTT. I think its a universally accepted, if unwritten, rule that if in difficulty you follow the direction of the safety crew.
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sargesail
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 26 Aug 14 at 8:58pm | |
Not at all.....see the example I gave upthread re a rescue boat crew mistaking a 27 year old for an under 16. If the helm had tried to comply she'd have decked him. And there are far too many times when the direction of the Safety Boat crew has actually been unsafe, and/or beyond their capabilities.....
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Brass
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piglet
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Aug 14 at 10:46pm | |
I was on rescue duty at a recent open and the conditions were 'testing'. We were advised in the pre briefing that we had the power under the SI's to instruct competitors to abandon their boats. I have no idea on the legality of this but the implications left me a bit uneasy.
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patj
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 14 at 7:37am | |
The problem I have with this is incompetent safety crews, often keel boaters or windsurfers who don't understand dinghies, have had minimal training and are just doing a duty. We've had the one (alone in the rib) who, when asked to pull the front head to wind, pushed the hull into the mud, squashing the helm between rib and hull. Helm was strong enough to push them apart but others don't have building site honed muscles! We've ended up directing the safety crew more than once. Everyone should do safety refresher training at least once a year and not just get reminders about how to handle the powerboat and wearing a killcord. At least watching the RYA safety boat dvd would be a start. |
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