footit123
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The response and the post on jetski getting 6 months has raised several questions ive got regarding regulations and monitoring of waterways etc within the uk and a certain number of idiots out there that use them.
What are the exact legal requirements for operating a vessel over here in the UK.Being from S.Africa i'm interested to know.
Ive always been under the impression that to launch a boat one should be competent and hold the relevant ticket to do so.
What is the actuall story and can somebody inform me!Stupid question perhaps.In S.A one can drive a boat in a river without an actuall special license,but cannot simply launch at a beach and go zooming around at sea.
In my experience of being brought up in a coastal town,having worked as a life guard for years,and having had to pull too many people out of the sea, i could never understand how anyone could be so ignorant and have absolutely no clue when it came to the ocean or any water mass in general for that fact.
Where i come from they seem to not have enough respect or any clue for a sea that is so in your face that its frightening.
Ive been watching what goes on in the Solent and i can draw a parallel.The sea in general over here is allot more inviting/welcoming to the vast numbers of whoever has access to her.Any idiot can reverse down the jetty and put the newly bought jet-ski or powerboat in and zoom off out to sea.
Thats where the parrallel lies,people getting themselves into situations they have no clue about or are to blind to see.
Its like my bathers and your guy with a new boat etc. straight out into the blue yonder for the first time.
Its my walking down the beach back home one day to tell 2 tourists from 800km inland,who's only experience of sailing was in a dam,that they cant launch their Catamaran here,(its not a designated launch site),and furthermore the surf was 10-12ft that day,it would have been suicide for them.(how could they no see that?).
Its not knowing Colregs and wondering why you crashed into someone out there in the Solent.
Its clear as day to me that there are idiots out there on the water that shouldn't be there.
So whats the story on licenses etc.
No ticket no play is what i say.
You don't get in a car and drive down the motorway without a license.So why should it be any different on our waters,and colregs plays an important role in this.
If everyone out there knew Colregs for a start ,you shouldn't get anyone zooming out across your bow,which on the motorway is a traffic violation in the first place.
Perhaps the guy that prompted this didn't deserve 6 months,what did he do anyway?
What are the exact legal requirements for operating a vessel over here in the UK.Being from S.Africa i'm interested to know.
Ive always been under the impression that to launch a boat one should be competent and hold the relevant ticket to do so.
What is the actuall story and can somebody inform me!Stupid question perhaps.In S.A one can drive a boat in a river without an actuall special license,but cannot simply launch at a beach and go zooming around at sea.
In my experience of being brought up in a coastal town,having worked as a life guard for years,and having had to pull too many people out of the sea, i could never understand how anyone could be so ignorant and have absolutely no clue when it came to the ocean or any water mass in general for that fact.
Where i come from they seem to not have enough respect or any clue for a sea that is so in your face that its frightening.
Ive been watching what goes on in the Solent and i can draw a parallel.The sea in general over here is allot more inviting/welcoming to the vast numbers of whoever has access to her.Any idiot can reverse down the jetty and put the newly bought jet-ski or powerboat in and zoom off out to sea.
Thats where the parrallel lies,people getting themselves into situations they have no clue about or are to blind to see.
Its like my bathers and your guy with a new boat etc. straight out into the blue yonder for the first time.
Its my walking down the beach back home one day to tell 2 tourists from 800km inland,who's only experience of sailing was in a dam,that they cant launch their Catamaran here,(its not a designated launch site),and furthermore the surf was 10-12ft that day,it would have been suicide for them.(how could they no see that?).
Its not knowing Colregs and wondering why you crashed into someone out there in the Solent.
Its clear as day to me that there are idiots out there on the water that shouldn't be there.
So whats the story on licenses etc.
No ticket no play is what i say.
You don't get in a car and drive down the motorway without a license.So why should it be any different on our waters,and colregs plays an important role in this.
If everyone out there knew Colregs for a start ,you shouldn't get anyone zooming out across your bow,which on the motorway is a traffic violation in the first place.
Perhaps the guy that prompted this didn't deserve 6 months,what did he do anyway?
