Clubs still allowing sailing

Noticed on our local news that a leisure diver got separated from his support boat off Lyme yesterday, requiring the intervention of the Exmouth lifeboat ... my initial reaction was “what a complete prat”, which I guess is how the non-sailing public might regard dinghy sailors who get into trouble right now

Trying to breathe through a wet mask will be akin to water boarding surely!  

Originally posted by Paramedic Originally posted by turnturtle   I wonder what insurances are in place for clubs who elect to reduce/remove safety cover?  I guess it's case by case.  Extending your point about some returning to sailing before others, the obvious category which may suffer is childrens and youth sailing, if safety cover needs compromising. There are loads of clubs out there that don't mandate safety cover and never have. The vast majority of these are probably coastal of all places! Club insurance - none issue. We aren't talking proper organised racing, we are talking as DavidYacht suggests at best "rabbit" races to begin with. This may be less of an issue than we think with more recent advise (Was it yesterday?) that will be aimed at getting sport and leisure moving again. Outdoors the risk of transmission is shown to be far lower, and you probably can maintain a level of social distance in a RIB if it's big enough. What do you do if there's a casualty? The same as if someone falls off their bike, hurts themselves running etc etc.

Well regarding casualties, what happens to cyclists at the moment? The roads and trails are alive with them more than I've ever seen in my life, so they'll get looked after by either passers by or the ambulance service, who I should hope will be appropriately protected. So, what's stopping us, mask and gloving our rescue boat volunteers? In fact what's stopping us masking ourselves if it makes folk and or the authorities feel better about letting us go about our leisure? We pay enough for wetsuits and gloves, why not sport PPE, it's out there if you look for it. If you order now you can get a Cambridge mask for end July early August delivery.


Edited by iGRF - 26 Apr 20 at 5:18pm

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Edited by A2Z - 26 Apr 20 at 4:05pm

Originally posted by turnturtle   I wonder what insurances are in place for clubs who elect to reduce/remove safety cover?  I guess it's case by case.  Extending your point about some returning to sailing before others, the obvious category which may suffer is childrens and youth sailing, if safety cover needs compromising.