Norman_E
Well-known member
Take care with flares. I don't know the full details but a well known man who ran his own business here in Marmaris, working on yachts, has been killed in a horrific accident. Details are a bit sketchy and I first heard that he shot himself in the head with a flare gun on board a boat here, though someone else told me it was a parachute rocket.. Either way the poor man is dead.
I for one am in a quandary as I have a British registered boat big enough to be legally required to carry flares, though I really don't want the dangerous things on board.. I would rather not have them and as all my sailing is coastal I think that other means of raising alarm are sufficient. I have VHF and a PLB and I will add a laser flare.
I for one am in a quandary as I have a British registered boat big enough to be legally required to carry flares, though I really don't want the dangerous things on board.. I would rather not have them and as all my sailing is coastal I think that other means of raising alarm are sufficient. I have VHF and a PLB and I will add a laser flare.