Leisure cruiser skipper fined £20,000

[lenseman]

At a hearing today in Folkstone Magistrates Court, Mr Keith Jonathon MacGregor, from Flimwell, East Sussex, pleaded guilty to a breach of the Regulations for preventing collisions at Sea (COLREGS).


Mr MacGregor was the part owner of the leisure vessel St David of London a 35 tonne, 18m, steel hulled converted ice breaker. On 24 August 2009, he was returning to Dover from a pleasure trip to Jersey. Mr MacGregor had no formal qualifications such as one of the RYA courses for leisure sailors but has been involved with leisure craft from childhood.

http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07...s-releases.htm?id=B37A5F463DE32E4D&m=3&y=2010

 

[RAI]

There's a thread on this one already somewhere.

 

[lenseman]

I did a search before I posted using all the standard words that might be used in a headline.

H0-hum.

 

[RAI]

Leisure cruiser skipper fined £20,000 for going wrong way

Search for "ice breaker".

With all the activity on YBW, it very difficult to keep up, I can't.

 

[Major Catastrophe]

I did a search before I posted using all the standard words that might be used in a headline.

H0-hum.

It was hidden away on Scuttlebutt.

 

[Angele]

It was hidden away on Scuttlebutt.

Hidden away? HIDDEN AWAY?????

I thought Scuttlebutt was the centre of the Universe!!!

......runs for cover to escape angry mob (but, as hull speed is only 8kts, I'll have to hope for a F6+ to keep the mobos in harbour to make good my getaway!)

 

[Major Catastrophe]

Hidden away? HIDDEN AWAY?????

I thought Scuttlebutt was the centre of the Universe!!!

......runs for cover to escape angry mob (but, as hull speed is only 8kts, I'll have to hope for a F6+ to keep the mobos in harbour to make good my getaway!)

I only hang around in Scuttle to check for 'MOBO's causing wake' posts and to make sure the Studland threads remain on course.

 

[mjf]

At a hearing today in Folkstone Magistrates Court, Mr Keith Jonathon MacGregor, from Flimwell, East Sussex, pleaded guilty to a breach of the Regulations for preventing collisions at Sea (COLREGS).


Mr MacGregor was the part owner of the leisure vessel St David of London a 35 tonne, 18m, steel hulled converted ice breaker. On 24 August 2009, he was returning to Dover from a pleasure trip to Jersey. Mr MacGregor had no formal qualifications such as one of the RYA courses for leisure sailors but has been involved with leisure craft from childhood.

http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07...s-releases.htm?id=B37A5F463DE32E4D&m=3&y=2010

I think thats was yesterdays hearing or even Mondays??

He was a long time in the wrong zone and did not respond to HMCG etc

 

[benjenbav]

Q How did this happen?

A1 What's a TSS?

A2 Rules are for the little people?

A3 My normally impeccable standards lapsed as I was tired at the time and had turned the vhf down because there were a lot of shouty people banging on about someone driving the wrong way up a motorway?

No, I'm not coming up with an explanation at all.

 

[Firefly625]

At a hearing today in Folkstone Magistrates Court, Mr Keith Jonathon MacGregor, from Flimwell, East Sussex, pleaded guilty to a breach of the Regulations for preventing collisions at Sea (COLREGS).


Mr MacGregor was the part owner of the leisure vessel St David of London a 35 tonne, 18m, steel hulled converted ice breaker. On 24 August 2009, he was returning to Dover from a pleasure trip to Jersey. Mr MacGregor had no formal qualifications such as one of the RYA courses for leisure sailors but has been involved with leisure craft from childhood.

http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07...s-releases.htm?id=B37A5F463DE32E4D&m=3&y=2010

Bet he won't do that again...