MCA Consultation on the Future of Flare Disposal
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Bodach na mara
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I wonder how many people have given up carrying them. They are a somewhat hit and miss method of attraction attention in an emergency,relying on someone seeing them within their burning time and actually doing something.
As regards getting rid of them, like many people I have test fired some as an emergency is not the time to try to use one for the first time! They are nasty dangerous items that I would hate to need to use at any time.
As regards getting rid of them, like many people I have test fired some as an emergency is not the time to try to use one for the first time! They are nasty dangerous items that I would hate to need to use at any time.
ctva
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When I looked earlier today, it said to respond on the ‘Response Form’ which was nowhere to be found...
PaulRainbow
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I still have some flares onboard and have no intention of disposing of them, i can't see how they could possibly be dangerous.
Tranona
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i handed mine in at the RNLI. Very convenient for me as I pass it most days (pre lockdown! but the current setup is really unsatisfactory and as the notice says it was only meant to be a temporary fix pending a long term solution. However I also wonder how many people actually buy and carry flares now unless required by MCA or racing/rally rules. I have an Odeo laser, but pretty sure it will never be used, just as I did not use the flares in the previous 40 years or so.
prv
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It’s there now.
I can’t open the document on my iPad (I don’t have Office or anything else that opens .odt files), but it downloaded fine.
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Same here on but on my Mac lappy. It is a funny one this. In an age where on line opinions can be web based without downloading a form, it's an odd decision to use this format that requires a subscription to Microsoft Office.
lustyd
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It doesn’t. ODT is open source and nothing to do with Microsoft.
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I don't know what ODT is, but when I down loaded the form, it was a word document (or opened in Word) which proceeded to ask me to log into Microsoft. I have just tried it on my other mac lap top which has word installed and it opens in Text Edit, which I can add my comments to. I still stand by my claim that this is odd. An online survey would have been more productive.
Graham_Wright
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I must be thick not understand the deleted picture but,
there was a case of a professional demonstrator being very severely injured by a back-firing flare. I can't find the details. I'm scared of them and my wife finds it impossible to fire them.
Not for me.
sfellows
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I believe that these trousers are dangerous for men's fertilityI still have some flares onboard and have no intention of disposing of them, i can't see how they could possibly be dangerous.
PaulRainbow
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The picture has not been deleted Graham, don't know why you can't see it.
[70521]
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I alway buy my replacement pyrotechnics from people who will take my out of date ones. It really is not that difficult.
Not worn flares since 1976.
Not worn flares since 1976.
lustyd
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I don't disagree that it's odd, or that it's a very poor way to collect information in 2021. I was just stating that ODT is an open office format and does not require a subscription to Microsoft products to read or edit. You can download OpenOffice or LibreOffice free of charge for this purpose. Microsoft do suppor the format, but it's not theirs.
Norman_E
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I reckon the consultation is really about boatowners being made to pay for disposal.
Never Grumble
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Do you have any recommendations on that front I could do with some new ones, Solent area.
Gary Fox
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When and where did that happen?
thinwater
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= Flares will just go in the ocean, which probably 75% of them do (not just guessing--there was a US survey with that approximate result). No one will pay. About 9% disposed of them as haz waste through one of several outlets. The rest shoot them off for practice or during a holiday.
In the US the USCG now approves several types of electronic signaling devices as saticfying the carriage requirements. Many (most?) are getting away from pyrotecnics. I quit.
RobbieW
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... but only because women wont go near you whilst wearing them (or the white platform boots)I believe that these trousers are dangerous for men's fertility
NorthRising
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It is basically a word processed document with a list of questions on, it doesn't even have boxes for the answers, seemingly you email it back. Have they not heard of Google Forms. Worst effort I have seen in sometime. I know where I want to point the flares..