Boarded by plod

[GazzaUK]

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Wow! Big brother here. What makes you think that they have "authority" over you? Where does the authority to board a yacht come from if there is no suspicion that a law has been broken? The fact that they asked tells the story. They can only board with your permission - they have no right. And they have no right to ask about a "letter of permission" as there is no legal requirement to have one.

The police are our "servants" and generally perform their role in an exemplary manner. Unwarranted interference in our own private activities is not necessary or acceptable.

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No-one is a servant these days sonny....now go talk to the hand as they are fond of saying these days.

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The police are our servants...end of...sonny

 

[GazzaUK]

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I wonder in fact, if a lot of the "plod knockers" on these forums, just resent the idea that there is somebody that has authority over them? It does seem to be a bit of a favourite passtime on here.

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The police have no 'authority' over me whatsoever.....they have the power to arrest me if i commit a crime. That's all.

 

[jenku]

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The police have no 'authority' over me whatsoever.....they have the power to arrest me if i commit a crime. That's all.

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Surely they have the right to arrest you if they are suspecting that you have committed a crime, which is something completely different.

Otherwise we would not need any courts.

 

[PilotWolf]

Or to prevent you commiting one too I believe...

W.

 

[dk]

What if one of the plods got seriously injured by the boom when boarding - say due to their weight on the weather side making the boat gybe around - should you perhaps have asked them to sign a risk disclaimer before thay boarded?

And if you've got nice clean teak decks and they're wearing black-soled boots with steel heels?

 

[Giblets]

It would be interesting to know if the "boarders" were civilian police from either Hampshire or Sussex or if they were MOD police. Also an exact location of the boarding would be useful as you may have been inside the Dockyard Port of Porstmouth which comes under the juristriction of QHM Portsmouth whose powers are slightly different to the civilian authorities.

 

[Sybarite]

I haven't read all the posts (this forum is so slow...) but it may be that they are looking for illegal immigrants. It is quite lucrative (I understand) to ferry them over.

John

 

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Ref: Is that your child on board?

Have a read of this extract from the BBC's website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/84/a4055384.shtml

(If you are short on time just read the third para)

Maybe it was a golden (perhaps naieve?) age for an adults realtionship with a child but it is a real contrast to how we are all so petrified of stepping out of place these days. I can't help but feel that it was much healthier sixty years ago than it is now - the excerpt talks about the farmer waking the girl early in the morning and going mushroom hunting. I'd be scared witless of suggesting something like that these days. Shame?

rob

 

[cardinal_mark]

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It would be interesting to know if the "boarders" were civilian police from either Hampshire or Sussex or if they were MOD police. Also an exact location of the boarding would be useful as you may have been inside the Dockyard Port of Porstmouth which comes under the juristriction of QHM Portsmouth whose powers are slightly different to the civilian authorities.

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It was the Hampshire boys (and girl) and I was half way between whatsit fort and the Winner cardinal... I think!

Mark

 

[keelbolt]

They pulled up in front of me to refuel when I was queuing for fuel at Gosport on Sunday. Totally queue jumped us all. I asked a little pointedly if they were going to be staying long, and they apologised, moved over, and helped me move the (Sailing School) yacht onto the fuel berth. Couldn't have been more polite. Just didn't realise that all those yachts queuing up were actually queuing for fuel!

I'm all for it. They do a great job. And they were good people, I suspect without much yachtie background.

KB