RYA & Motorboaters

[BrendanS]

Anyone want to go along, and give them a hard time...sorry,...participate.

Calling all Motorboaters………….


RYA Cruising is organising a get together for all types of motorboat from PWCs, RIBs and Sportsboats to large motorcruisers. No matter what type of motorboats you’re into this is your chance to go to Cowes, meet like-minded people and get the season off to a great start.
Stephen Johnson RYA Cruising Manager and RYA Motor Cruising Officer Andrew Norton will be on hand to talk you through the latest cruising issues affecting you.


New Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Regulations.
Current situation with the derogation on Red Diesel.
Latest technology with Aids to Navigation.
Breath tests for boaters.
The fight against compulsory licensing and registration.



Stephen Johnson RYA Cruising Manager said, “ The Motorboat Muster is a chance for you to meet the RYA Cruising Staff that represent your sport. It also your opportunity to give us feedback about how you see the sport, what you think the issues are and the RYA’s role in making sure it remains an activity that is easily accessible to all.”


The Venue: Cowes Yacht Haven, Isle of Wight

The date: 3 and 4 April 2004

The Cost: Prices vary depending on the size of your vessel. Prices include an evening buffet in the Fastnet Restaurant and overnight berthing for the Saturday evening. There is a £15 per person charge for extra crew/guests.


Spaces will be strictly limited so please register your interest now.



£28 Inc vat for craft less than 5m

£42 Inc vat for craft 5.1m to 10m

£54 Inc vat for craft 10.1m to 15m

£66 Inc vat for craft 15.1m to 20m

£80 Inc vat for craft more than 20m





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[BarryH]

Guaranteed that it gets cancelled. For the past 2 years (I think) the get together there has. Was sposed to go this year but it was cancelled.

Anyhow, what do the RYA do for motorboaters, I just bin the mag when it comes thru the door now. Going to stop thye direct debit and membership.

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[BrendanS]

Take it you don't have much time for them nowdays.

OK, how about we do something about it, and all register and turn up enmasse. Then it won't get cancelled, and we can say what we think? Just a thought

Less likely to be cancelled if people go, and we could do it as a social event

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[rich]

Why do we need,,,,,, the RYA ? who are they, never had them when I first started boating.

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[BrendanS]

Re: Why have the RYA?

Arguements against?

Then we'll let the pro lobby have a shot?

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[BarryH]

So, next springs forum meet will be in Cowes then. The meet sounds like a good larf, why spoil it with getting the RYA involved.
In the short time that I've been on this forum I've met more people and had more of a laugh than in all the years I've been a member of the RYA.

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[BrendanS]

Don't be an arse. Next springs meet will be good fun and organised by us, No reason we should't gate crash RYA as a totally different issue. You know this is the case, you're just stirrring again!!!

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[hlb]

I play with motor boats for me. Only me and I aint paying for the privelidge for some jumped up git, to get me to sail from Plymouth To Cows. So he can tell me what I'm doing wrong and charge 50 squid to get me into his net. That lot just love regulation. Thats what they make a living and survive off. Now if they just wanted to help. They would tell me freely, To buy some new life jackets or flairs. The LBI does.

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[jon_bailey]

Brendan

Tend to agree - it is better to influence from within rather than through brickbats from the outside.

Best cup of tea at SIBS from the RYA marquee so perhaps the food and drink will be good there also.

Worth a try.

Jon

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[rich]

I've only been boating 38yrs, are you calling me a BRICKBAT!

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[BrendanS]

So don't go? Let some other loudmouths go? The ones that think regulations and training are proper?

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[BrendanS]

So, you gonna go and voice an opinion, or just stay on the sidelines?

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[jon_bailey]

Can we throw you?

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[rich]

WHERE?

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[jon_bailey]

Likely to go and may even share an opinion after a few beers.

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[jon_bailey]

At the RYA of course

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[gonfishing]

Re: RYA & Motorboatss

Hi Brendan
The RYA and Motorboaters,as far as I can see,they are not on the same planet!!!!!

S.O.L.A.S surely that only affects boats over 50 foot, that leave the Marina??? it must be a serious reg to break,because the nearly new 50 footer that was delivered to my marina in the summer hasn't moved since !! I asked the owner why he has not gone any where and he said it had to comply with S.O.L.A.S so he wasn't moving it, till it did.UUMMM sounds like some heavy S**t to me !!! coz it still hasn't left the Marine yet!!!!

Fuel deregulation!!!. The big power boats, and little ones don't go out much, if at all, with some exceptions Of course, of which i am not one. Raggies don't use enough to even consider the cost of fuel, 2/1 to the RYA

Navigation is damn well complicated enough, without adding more aids / or viruses to go wrong.

Breathalysers, just another, ploy to to grab more money out of us, this however must be a concern to the Raggies as they are unlikely to out run the mobo that will be used to nick-em.

Regulation, too much already, why do they insist we have more ???

And their role in attempting to make things more accessable to the public ??? Try persuading Yacht clubs to drop their membership prices from £ XXXX per family, and use personnel that can acyually speak the local lingo/dialect without a gob full of plums!!!

Yes Dear I;m going to bed now, that was an excellent bottle of wine !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[BrendanS]

About time we had a good bust up arguement! Now what's your problem with this, other than it's in the Solent?

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[BarryH]

Not stirring at all. Why bother, from what I can see its gonna cost 50 odd quid for a 21 footer with two people on board. I've been paying my membership for the past x years and got bugger all for it as far as I can see. So why line there pockets with more.

Ok we go to this thing en-masse. We make a few noises in the right places. How much notice do you think they are going to take of us. Not much. Noise have been made before regarding the RYA and motorboats, even on this forum. From what I can see not an awful lot has changed.

Would be good to hear about a few things that would interest me/us/them about new solas rules etc etc. But if we wanted to get info and the like, why not organise a trip/meet with RNLI and have en-masse boat checks. Then all donate 30/40 quid to them for a look round the Poole HQ and Boat check.

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[BrendanS]

Re: RYA & Motorboatss

Solas. see arguements here over serveral forms in the past year>

B

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