Dear Mr Geldorf (Oops! Sir Bob innit?) Serious Insurance Matter

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It has been reported that you have today stirred the "sailors of the south coast" to join you in your campaign against poverty in Africa by setting sail to collect possible "campaigners against poverty" from the northern shores of france and conveying them to Edinburgh* so that they might express their feelings to the gathered international figures at the G8 conference.

I must inform you that, none of us who own private craft are able to convey passengers for any reason whatsoever due to the restrictions of our respective insurance policies.

Youi may suggest that we make a stand against such a "capitalist" restraint but I would remind you that after the dust has settled it will be us who must pick up the costs if anything were to go awry whilst you continue to exist on the income derived from your previous existance as a lavishly remunerated pop star.

You should be aware, sir, that most who own private pleasure craft in this country do so out of the sweat of their labour and cannot be expected to use them to support your chosen cause.
Your targeting of this particular section of our society is totally inappropriate and should be withdrawn immediately. We cannot provide you with a modern day "Dunkirk" even if we wanted to.

Steve Cronin

(grandson of one who was charged with harbouring the IRA (old brigade) in 1912 so you can't accuse me of being a f....ng colonialist s..t - to use your usual vernacular

* have you any f'ing realisation of how far and therefore how long it would take to get there from the south coast?

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"but I would remind you that after the dust has settled it will be us who must pick up the costs if anything were to go awry whilst you continue to exist on the income derived from your previous existance as a lavishly remunerated pop star."

Damn right!
 
I am not sure that you are correct on this.Provided the protesters are not paying for the passage and the boat is not overloaded it would be no different to cruising to France with a load of scuttlebutters aboard.
 
I think that you would find, in this litigation driven world that "crew" would suddenly turn into passengers when the ship started going down. This is why most marine policies specifically exclude thje carriage of passengers whether for reward or not.

Steve Cronin
 
Passengers...

So if I take my octogenarian parents (who can hardly stand up, let alone crew) for a gentle motor up the river, are you saying I'm not insured?
 
The whole idea seems crazy to me, quite apart from insurance, safety, immigration and logistical problems. We are being asked to give a load of potentially seasick passengers a free boat ride apparently on a one way trip as no mention was made of their return. Since the ferry fares are often very little more money for a return v single, which they will apparently need to buy to get home anyway, why not simply persuade a ferry company to offer a return fare for the price of the single for those attending his rally? One ferry will carry all the protesters, illegals and others and save us all the bother, then if we so wish we can contribute in our own way like everyone else.
 
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We are being asked to give a load of potentially seasick passengers a free boat ride

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The one time I took a big party of non-boaties on a cross channel trip (one of those summer barbecue 'good ideas' - hey, Rob's got a boat, why don't we all go to France for the weekend...), it took me months to get the smell of vomit out of the aft cabin, where one of the wives curled up, throwing up onto the mattress for the trip. I knew she was in there, but had assumed she or her other half would have found (or asked for) a bucket! This experience alone would put me off participating in Sail-8, whether for 'charidee' or not!
 
Re: Passengers...

They surely wouldn't sue you? You'll have to call them "crew" otherwise you're carrying passengers which is excluded from most policies.

I wouldn't go anywhere near carrying a bunch of strangers who couldn't drum up sufficient for a cross channel ferry ticket and would obviously be of a political persuasion. Nowhere near that one!

Steve cronin
 
Re: Passengers...

Perhaps you can help me.

I'm afraid I am not very bright and don't understand these things.

But how is ferrying a small number of people from France to England going to help Africa?

Is the idea to charge them and then give cash to some African or other?

Perplexed
 
Re: Good grief, a green leftie yachtie . . .

Not a lot of those to the pound . . .

But nice to know that not everyone with a decent boat is a right wing hooligan.

- Nick
 
Re: Passengers...

ah - there is light at the end of the tunnel

tg someone has spotted the flaw to that prat geldorfs latest mutterings .......
 
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