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There is a item in the news here in Holland that the police regularely takes drunken skippers from their boat. The actual incident was a profesional Norwegian skipper on a vessel transporting LPG.
So what does the forum think of drinking during boating?
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Frequently drunken captains to the rudder
15 March 2005,09:29
DRIEBERGEN - a dronken captain on a guest anchor does not come frequently. Not weekly but regualrly we fine a captain that had too much; both recreational and inland shipping counted in. A dronken skipper on a seagoing vessel with a cargo propanegas, does not come this way frequently, says a spokesman of the rural police forces.
The drunken Norwegian captain on the Westerschelde that Monday morning got into trouble, had blood alcohol level of 0.97. Up to permitted on ships is 0.8,
The man had even become suddenly indisposed and touched conscience. The pilot who was aboard to guide the vessel on the Westerschelde to Vlissingen, was alarmed. Ambulance staff came for assistance aboard. After soem investigations it appeared that the skipper was actually pissed. Then the policewas called for a breath test.....
So what does the forum think of drinking during boating?
Poor webtranslation:
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Frequently drunken captains to the rudder
15 March 2005,09:29
DRIEBERGEN - a dronken captain on a guest anchor does not come frequently. Not weekly but regualrly we fine a captain that had too much; both recreational and inland shipping counted in. A dronken skipper on a seagoing vessel with a cargo propanegas, does not come this way frequently, says a spokesman of the rural police forces.
The drunken Norwegian captain on the Westerschelde that Monday morning got into trouble, had blood alcohol level of 0.97. Up to permitted on ships is 0.8,
The man had even become suddenly indisposed and touched conscience. The pilot who was aboard to guide the vessel on the Westerschelde to Vlissingen, was alarmed. Ambulance staff came for assistance aboard. After soem investigations it appeared that the skipper was actually pissed. Then the policewas called for a breath test.....
