More EU banned stuff...

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winsbury

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Not specifically boaty but have just been made aware of the latest batch of chemicals the EU is outlawing - if you are similarly geeky minded its here : http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/candidate-list-table . Scanning it I noticed Chromium Dioxide [EDIT: - my mistake its not on the list, caused by twitchy eye syndrome from too much extra paperwork ] which I remember was in my chemistry kit when I was growing up. Either we were stark raving bonkers back then letting kids play with 'dangerous' substances or we are equally mad now by not letting them experiment and learn with chemicals that are more exciting than vinegar and bicarb. It makes me wonder if in another 30-40 years whether sailing will be on the EU banned activities list as too dangerous.
 
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Well, if there has to be a list of banned chemicals, then better one list than 27 lists. I bet the Brits have a fairly leading role is promoting this list.
 
I think you'll find the demarcation lines have been shattered. Mainly by the efforts of long-serving Forum members, it has to be said.
 
pvb said:
Not banned, but I reckon it's likely we'll see compulsory registration and qualifications within 10 years.
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yes regulationj is inevitable for UK. In Oz we have to have Skipper's ticket, plus register the boat, plus mandatory safety gear. I don't object as it is not so hard to meet requirements and hopefully might reduce number of tragedies. olewill
 
William_H said:
yes regulationj is inevitable for UK. In Oz we have to have Skipper's ticket, plus register the boat, plus mandatory safety gear. I don't object as it is not so hard to meet requirements and hopefully might reduce number of tragedies. olewill
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Regulation is inevitable? Hark! i hear the sound of the anzac diggers spinning in their graves. What happened to the Ausi battlers? Freedom has to be fought for over and over again or the pointy headed bureaucrats will get you one way or another. All these regulations do seem so reasonable at first that you are hard put to argue, but then you find you cant argue cos there is a regulation about that too!

In NZ we do have a habit of following Big Brother Australia. Yet so far we have no mandatory skipper tickets nor boat registration. Long may this be so. Occasionally a coroner will call for boat registration, but that is usually in response to an idiot on a jet ski running someone down. Fortunately the general response in NZ is that we already have rules of road etc so why don't we just enforce the ones we have instead of employing more bureaucrats?
I do like Australia and Australians but they do seem to have a passion for making rules for each other and then enforcing them in an obstructive way.
I think that back in the day, Mother England sent too many prison guards and too few anarchists.
I write this in Sydney airport as i wait to go home from yet another working week in Australia...

Cheers
 
Coal Tar was phased out in late 80's / early 90's as a raw material for paints due to suspicions it was carcinogenic. I think it was actually banned about 2000 but not sure. Since phasing it out many paint companies replaced it with a synthetic version that was far inferior in performance but satisfied those who swore by it without knowing what it was or what it did. You still see occasional comments here along the lines of "use products X as it is what all the bridges / rigs / ships use". If only life was that simple!
 
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