Bureaucracy gone mad

   Have you seen the RYA press release about the Merchant Shipping Regulations?
 http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/default2.asp?section=11& ;article=15344
This is madness! 

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Mark Jardine Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 04 Location: Milford-on-Sea, United King Online Status: Offline Posts: 1028	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mark Jardine Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Bureaucracy gone mad Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 1:42pm
	Have you seen the RYA press release about the Merchant Shipping Regulations? http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/default2.asp?section=11& ;article=15344 This is madness!

Lighthouse Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lighthouse Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 1:49pm
	Sounds like it's just a bit of a balls-up. Can't imagine they will enforce it on us lot. All a bit big brother, really.

Contender443 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 01 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1211	Post Options Post Reply Quote Contender443 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 1:58pm
	That will cost them a fortune to log all the incidents if we follow the letter of the law. It would be like everyone admitting to the police every time they exceed the speed limit!!
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Lucy Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 01 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lucy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 3:06pm
	Oh this could be very amusing - if they post an email address for you to register your incidents we could seriously overload them with paperwork and then maybe they would learn not to by-pass the RYA in their decisions. Can you imagine every sailor in the country writing into report a capsize, collision, grounding, mark hitting....the ~Hunter 707's could keep them busy for a month after just one race!

headfry Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 15 Jul 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 359	Post Options Post Reply Quote headfry Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 4:00pm
	Sorry for being a little slow, but...... How did this 'slip' through the RYA's far reaching net. RYA do a fab job this is not a dig at them

sailor girl Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 13 Jun 04 Location: Spain Online Status: Offline Posts: 1031	Post Options Post Reply Quote sailor girl Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 4:32pm
	okay, that's ridiculus!!!
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Scooby_simon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 02 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2415	Post Options Post Reply Quote Scooby_simon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 4:50pm
	madness indeed....
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hurricane Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 15 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1047	Post Options Post Reply Quote hurricane Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 5:20pm
	god does this mean the end of the flying port start across the field???? imagine the paper work if a race officer ever did a downwind start with these rules!!!

405man Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 04 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote 405man Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 7:06pm
	Curse the government! Have they gone mad?? I think that we need to show the government who rules the waves thank you very much, cause mayhem, capsize, whack bouys with tiller extensions, i think that we out to get some sticker to put on our sails in protest or just mail hundereds of videos of us all ccapsizin to tony blair person!!!!
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Phil eltringham Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105	Post Options Post Reply Quote Phil eltringham Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 04 at 7:33pm
	Can you imagine if the letter of this was followed at a sailing school and you were sent to prison for every capsise practice session . Team and match racing would be practiacally illegal as well . I can understand it to some extent for commertial vessels cut how cann a dinghy be included in a merchant shipping act??? Its just plane stupid (guess that explains it then!) Besides if noone says anything then the authorities will not know about an incident and people will get away with it. Also, will this apply to inland waters?
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