Recreational craft directive

[webb202]

Anyone know where to get a copy of the EU directive - Google gives http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html but it is in officialspeak and has a crap search engine!

 

[BrendanS]

the versions which went into UK law can be seen on the links in this page
http://www.dti.gov.uk/innovation/strd/ecdirect/page12637.html

http://www.dti.gov.uk/innovation/strd/ecdirect/page12637.html

The eu directive and it's amendment can be accessed of the left menu bar of this page
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/maritime/maritime_regulatory/directive_94_25.htm

 

[webb202]

Thanks for that - it seems a paper trail of official gobbledygook amied principally at new manufacturers - its hard to see what it is meaning for a yottie - or have I missed earlier discussions/ magazine articles on the subject?

 

[BrendanS]

you've missed many previous discussions on what it means if you personally import from outside EU or build a yacht that is not CE plated.

 

[fdmarsden]

I was interested in the standards as I am building a single handed racing dinghy, (for my dotage), which is to be self righting and self draining. Uses the rig from a Soslo.

The directive refers to ISO standards, necessary for the details.

These can be bought for about £3000.

They are available to read in your local library, where you can copy up to 10% of them.------exept you cannot, as the annual cost for any one library for all ISO standards is, I understand, £10,000; few libraries hold them.

The only, not very local to me, library where I found the standards was Oxford.

I read the standard on stability, for boats under 6m, and decided that the RCD is a euroburo nonesense.

Could explain further, except I will probably get locked up by the rcdpolitzei.

A CD of the Iso standards was/is? available from the RYA for £600, £300 for members.

 

[dbewick]

I think you will find that craft intended for racing and personal use are exempt from the RCD.

 

[Koeketiene]

That sounds too good to be true - in fact, I know it isn't.

 

[dbewick]

Check out pargraph 3 of this document on the RYA website, then: http://www.rya.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/409D0277-B038-4C0D-8E4A-53FC1C411806/0/Appendix2Exclusion.pdf

 

[Koeketiene]

Look at that - correct twice in one day - I must be losing it. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

However...

Reading more closely

1. These comments may be used for "guidance"
2. Racers: this may very well be applicable to VO70's, and other high end-racers - but to people on this forum?
Also, if at any one point the boat's sold and used for anything else but racing it has to comply to the RCD
3. For personal use: this clearly states that it refers to boats you build yourself for personal use.

 

[fdmarsden]

Huffin,

Quite right, craft labelled by the builder as 'solely for racing' are exempt.
As are craft built for own use and 'not put on the market' for five years.

As I like to get my facts straight, I did some homework, and was surprised at the so-called standard.

 

[fdmarsden]

No, the usage of the boat is not part of the RCD.

In any case, read the definition of 'racing ' in the racing rules