prv
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I do. Always have except on some charter boats with dodgy-tasting tanks, or in hot places where the tap water isn't potable to begin with.
Pete
Guernsey harbour Authority ban hoses on pontoons
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I do. Always have except on some charter boats with dodgy-tasting tanks, or in hot places where the tap water isn't potable to begin with.
Pete
l'escargot
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I do on my own boat. I keep my tanks clean and topped up .
Melleman
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We do too.
Amulet
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I'm not complacent about safety, but some data would be good. I take lots of measured risks, like all of us. I'd be really convinced by (even anecdotal) casualty information. I pride myself in making my sailing safe, but, on present evidence, contaminated water from marina hoses would probably not get into my top 100 risks.
Back syphoning? I'm willing to admit ignorance. I know that the time to act is before an accident happens, but examples of incidents, or even incidents avoided by rapid reaction would add weight.
If today's policy is to be justified, we have been lax for decades, so there must be casualties.
Two arguments remain:
A sad conclusion:
Risk with identifiable culpability invites legal action and so must be avoided no matter how slight.
A vaguely tenable conclusion:
Failure to document and avoid minimal risk invites a slaphappy attitude which can create a cocktail of risks no one of which is significant, but which sum to a formidable risk.
I think that one of the attractions of sailing, climbing mountains or crossing deserts is the sense of empowerment that comes from being entirely responsible for your own fate, judging your own risks and taking your own chances. For some of us that's a trip across the harbour, for some a trip around the world. It's a mindset not entirely compatible with "We'll judge every hosepipe dodgy for safety's sake" from legislators.
Sorry - too much beer - I'm rambling.
Back syphoning? I'm willing to admit ignorance. I know that the time to act is before an accident happens, but examples of incidents, or even incidents avoided by rapid reaction would add weight.
If today's policy is to be justified, we have been lax for decades, so there must be casualties.
Two arguments remain:
A sad conclusion:
Risk with identifiable culpability invites legal action and so must be avoided no matter how slight.
A vaguely tenable conclusion:
Failure to document and avoid minimal risk invites a slaphappy attitude which can create a cocktail of risks no one of which is significant, but which sum to a formidable risk.
I think that one of the attractions of sailing, climbing mountains or crossing deserts is the sense of empowerment that comes from being entirely responsible for your own fate, judging your own risks and taking your own chances. For some of us that's a trip across the harbour, for some a trip around the world. It's a mindset not entirely compatible with "We'll judge every hosepipe dodgy for safety's sake" from legislators.
Sorry - too much beer - I'm rambling.
Boathook
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I do. Normally in the winter (when decommissioned) I empty the tanks to stop damage to pumps, etc from freezing and use a 10 litre plastic tank when on board.
JumbleDuck
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I do. Are there really some people who don't? Golly.
Daydream believer
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JumbleDuck
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Perhaps they need to learn about "maintenance" in that case.
prv
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You've got it backwards - he's saying the non tank-drinkers are always getting the trots. Presumably because they're such delicate little flowers that everything upsets them.
I had a friend like that at school - his house was like an operating theatre, his mum rarely seen without an antibacterial spray. He was notorious for always being ill.
Pete
sailorman
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did he get cut up over it
JumbleDuck
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Ah, right. Gotcha.