Boating what has changed

[Poignard]

Well Seastoke at least you managed to get a look at my post before it was taken down.

That’s the shortest lived post I have ever made. I had hardly put in the last full stop before it was gone.!

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[Seastoke]

……if they still allow motors…

its 3 years

 

[Tasape]

#158 , what actions would be advisable, if a British / English sailor who did not have a vhf radio operators certificate found them selves to be in the unenviable position mentioned previously . Making a Mayday call would I believe be legal , as would a mayday relay . How would a rescuer prove they were not “ smuggling people “ but rescuing them .

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

#158 , what actions would be advisable, if a British / English sailor who did not have a vhf radio operators certificate found them selves to be in the unenviable position mentioned previously . Making a Mayday call would I believe be legal , as would a mayday relay . How would a rescuer prove they were not “ smuggling people “ but rescuing them .

He'd surely have a mobile "phone, but nobody's going to prosecute you in those circumstances.

 

[Mister E]

He'd surely have a mobile "phone, but nobody's going to prosecute you in those circumstances.

With the proposed changes about landing people who have been rescued in GB can we be sure?
There would need to be a case in court to set Case Law.

 

[Graham376]

Spoke to a guy in the boatyard a few years ago who had spotted a partly inflated dinghy full of immigrants in the Straits. When he called the coastal station (maybe Tarifa) he was told on no account take them on board for his own safety, just to circle until help arrived.

 

[DanTribe]

As I understand it, you will still be able to sail to any Belgian harbour (they are all ports of entry), get your passport stamped there and then move to another Schengen country unhindered, without further checking in. You can be stamped out at any port of entry you choose. Whether all Dutch North Sea harbours are also ports of entry I am not sure, but I would be surprised if they weren’t. I have been visited in the past by Dutch customs at the pontoon on the inside of the Roompot lock (Oosterschelde) and at the lock in Vlissingen. Vlissingen is a bigger commercial harbour than you might think, they certainly have a customs office

Interesting. I have been through Vlissingen a few times but never stopped, it doesn't seem very yacht friendly. We have always pushed on to Middelburg. There's a phone number for an office some miles away but how do you get a passport stamped over the phone?
We were once visited by a uniform [customs/ immigration/ police?] in Breskens but they didn't seem interested in paperwork. I think they just wanted coffee and a chat.

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

With the proposed changes about landing people who have been rescued in GB can we be sure?
There would need to be a case in court to set Case Law.

I was answering the question of the unlicenced radio operator.

 

[TiggerToo]

In today's paper, I read that cruising from Ireland to the continent has increased (+50% volume), allegedly