Fr J Hackett
Well-known member
There are many many people who don't understand rules which is why there so many posting on all sort of stuff here.
Just because someone here thinks they can find the answer for everything , that doesn't mean everyone else can .
Believe it or not some don't even know there a gov .UK site.
To top that as I said many time what written and what happen are two very different things .
Which is why many haven't used they boat this last year while others have had a nice year sailing .
I think the vast majority of people understand rules, it's the few that think they don't apply to them or are hell bent on finding a way around the that cause the problems.
Your response about what is written and what applies is very typical of those few, it is just fortunate that countries have chosen or not been able to enforce the rules but will soon start too and all those winging it will start whinging and saying but but last year we got away with it. I have and will have no sympathy for them.