Solent Yacht Delivery Suggestions

[oldmanofthehills]

We are balancing risk of disease and death to humans, against the welfare of a piece of GRP, steel or wood.

A professional near the marina can take on the task within government guideline. They are actually unlikely to muck it up If boat is actually ready for sea, and mooring is ready for use the only problem is who pays. My boatyard has the keys and would certainly be willing to check my boat was seaworthy for a suitable fee, if they were open (they are closed but then no need to move either)

If however the yard or marina need you boat gone, then the cost of the move is just something you have to put up with - just likeany other of the many unexpeced boating costs

 

[PhillM]

Your comment reminds me of the request for feedback from the MCA last year regarding their proposals for professional maintenance of boats. Nowhere did the word 'competent' figure within their proposed notices and when I asked why, they responded that it would be difficult to be satisfied that an owner was competent by lack of formal training.

Funnily enough I was wondering what happened to the proposals. After the consultation, it all went very quiet. Are they going to re-write and try again, or perhaps try to bounce us with legislation? Anybody got any inside information?

 

[SaltyC]

Funnily enough I was wondering what happened to the proposals. After the consultation, it all went very quiet. Are they going to re-write and try again, or perhaps try to bounce us with legislation? Anybody got any inside information?

From my understanding they were issued, changes to a couple of words but content the same.

Very interesting ASTO AGM this year where 1 topic was 'Learning Points from Accidents' it transpired to be the MCA ably abetted by RYA attempting to justify the new MGN's.

All'accidents' were examples of keels 'dropping off' used and abused, heavily grounded racing boats or racing boats with unchecked modifications to fabricated keels.

It went down very well with professional trainers sailing well constructed boats on the East Coast where the Mud is an occupational hazard. Haul out at £1k after every encounter with the Ouze??

Unfortunately, for me, credibility of the presenters suffered a major hit.

 

[capnsensible]

Funnily enough I was wondering what happened to the proposals. After the consultation, it all went very quiet. Are they going to re-write and try again, or perhaps try to bounce us with legislation? Anybody got any inside information?

Perhaps, mostly, people realised they were flapping over nothing.

 

[NotBirdseye]

Seems like most people haven't realized that professional skippers tend to move multiple boats a day particularly if it's a short distance. One person shifting two boats is better than two people breaking quarantine to shift two boats.

 

[PhillM]

Perhaps, mostly, people realised they were flapping over nothing.

Hmm perhaps the “flapping” actually had some impact.

 

[pyrojames]

None of the yards i have used, were prepared to launch or move my boat without me present, and preferably at the helm. Similarly, they will not step my mast without me present. One of them (Foxs) will pull the mast as long as i prep it first.

 

[Stemar]

they launched a boat that was clearly much heavier than usual ... and saw its draft when afloat - they did not check why

To my mind that is negligence. OK, they can't do anything about it because of insurance issues, which I suspect is a bit like H&S being why we can't do anything about this, that or the other - in other words a load of small sphericals, but they are experts, or at least competent people to launch a boat, something that requires a degree of skill and care. By all means put the responsibility on the owner if present, but when he or she isn't, normal prudence indicates that you simply don't launch. Any customer is entitled to normal prudence when paying for a service.

 

[Refueler]

I gave an example of why yard guys do not go inside / use boat gear because of Insurance ... when putting boats in water / moving them etc.

As to forumites personal interpretation of the likes of HYCO who do this sort of boat moving by not entering boat ... they take owners word and instructions - really is not the point. The point is Insurance and Liability ...