Mixed feelings about Flares

[OCuea]

Get metal dustbin with a lid, strike the flare chuck in bin put lid on, repeat...bin will get hot

The orange flares will possibly cause neighbours a concern if they see them ( not to mention reports of an emergency to authorities ) the parachute flares into the Dustin will be tricky …….. that is is a joke

 

[billskip]

The orange flares will possibly cause neighbours a concern if they see them ( not to mention reports of an emergency to authorities ) the parachute flares into the Dustin will be tricky …….. that is is a joke

Basically if you can't dispose of them they shouldn't be sold,. They are a risk (possibly) if left stored. So they can really only be set off, and to do that it's best to contain them.

 

[OCuea]

Basically if you can't dispose of them they shouldn't be sold,. They are a risk (possibly) if left stored. So they can really only be set off, and to do that it's best to contain them.

I agree. I imagine people that sail that do not legally require them will NOT be buying them- silly manufacturers. People that have to carry them will have a solution. The coastguard used to take them in as did the police and iirc and a big special container existed into which the flares could be set off. Then of course there was the malfunction of a white flare (of a batch number) that seriously damaged someone. So even setting off flares

Basically if you can't dispose of them they shouldn't be sold,. They are a risk (possibly) if left stored. So they can really only be set off, and to do that it's best to contain them.

i agree absolutely

 

[OCuea]

Just seen this was a 2023 thread about a 2022 article in a magazine !!!!! I wonder what is new or has changed if anything.

 

[SaltyC]

Nothing has changed. I thought I had disposed of all my old ones when I replaced the last set (took all old sets from 97 onwards).
Clearing garage last winter found another tub!
Fir those of us living inland it is a 200 Mile round trip plus cost of disposal. Hmmm 1000 mikes with explosives in boot - imagine the questions if in an accident?
Did wonder, as I watch Bomb disposal lorry passing regularly, if they may take them?

 

[Fr J Hackett]

How about sailing over one of the historic munitions dumps from the two world wars and ditching them.

 

[Daydream believer]

You’re not wrong about the French authorities requiring any pyrotechnics on board to be in date; ditto life rafts, fire extinguishers etc.

However, there’s no call to drag your trash across the channel to dump in our harbours !

Well you drag all our fish so you may as well have some flares as well

 

[GEM43]

How about sailing over one of the historic munitions dumps from the two world wars and ditching them.

I consider myself an “old git” like many on here but surely we’ve to move on from dumping a load of plastic in the sea? We need to progress don’t we?

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I consider myself an “old git” like many on here but surely we’ve to move on from dumping a load of plastic in the sea? We need to progress don’t we?

It's an option given that there are very few alternatives, whilst not an excuse the trenches are quite deep, not fished for obvious reasons and actually contain things that are a lot worse like phosgene.

 

[lustyd]

The munitions were metal and sank. Plastic flares are just as likely to wash up on a beach for kids to find.

 

[GEM43]

It's an option given that there are very few alternatives, whilst not an excuse the trenches are quite deep, not fished for obvious reasons and actually contain things that are a lot worse like phosgene.

Yes, it’s a fair point, but two wrongs don’t make a right?

 

[Fr J Hackett]

The munitions were metal and sank. Plastic flares are just as likely to wash up on a beach for kids to find.

Easy enough to weight them, I could have said that but thought it so obvious that I didn't bother.

 

[lustyd]

Easy enough to weight them, I could have said that but thought it so obvious that I didn't bother.

Easy enough for weights to come away with movement of the sea. If we’re going to be irresponsible there’s a state visit in September that could use some pyrotechnics…

 

[Daydream believer]

When I was visiting Premium Liferafts, a chap was collecting all the old flares from the serviced liferafts. It seems that he was taking them for pyrotechnics on film sets. He wanted all that he could get his hands on.

 

[Daydream believer]

The munitions were metal and sank. Plastic flares are just as likely to wash up on a beach for kids to find.

Or better still- Early morning Dog walkers.
They love a dead body, or a bomb. So a bag of flares would be right up their alley.
Foo Foo could grab the bag & run up & down the beach for a while & have great fun spilling flares every where.
Bomb disposal would love it, having mini detonations all over the place. It would be like a Monty Python sketch.

 

[Stemar]

Get metal dustbin with a lid, strike the flare chuck in bin put lid on, repeat...bin will get hot

 

[billskip]

How about sailing over one of the historic munitions dumps from the two world wars and ditching them.

You trying to worry people of Kent & Essex......

 

[Stemar]

It's really quite simple.

"Good evening, Officer, I found this bag in the High Street. I think the contents might need to be disposed of safely"

Of course, Plod might get suspicious if you're wearing Mustos and a life jacket...

 

[billskip]

Forgot to mention...unwise to sit on the lid...

 

[Fr J Hackett]

For the more adventurous how about cutting them in half emptying the contents into a large heap then infighting it from a distance. There should be a satisfying woof with a cloud of coloured smoke. The empty cases can then be burnt without problem.