This one could be interesting?

[TheBoatman]

Allegedly,2 major insurers of yacht clubs have decided to raise the age at which young people can drive or crew club boats from 16 to 18 years.

I would have thought that this will have a major impact on the RYA PB training schemes but I also wonder if there maybe a knock on effect within your average yacht insurance i.e. no one under 18 to drive the boat unless they are supervised.


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[clyst]

Makes sense to me since clubs now seem to use fast ribs with large outboards . whether I agree with a min age of 18 for all boats is another matter maybe "size matters" . Know of one 16 year old who has a Ring 20 with a huge V6 hung on the back and no training what so ever. How crazy is that??? an accident waiting to happen !!

Cheers

Terry

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