Upturned small cat found off north-foreland

Cantata said:
Alarming comment in that report: "The wind was blowing at 5 Beaufort yesterday. Such a strong wind usually means that sailing is banned unless you get a special permission."
Is that right?
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Small craft (such as that cat) and windsurfing is (since last summer) restricted in anything above a F5.
Another knee jerk reaction of the politicians.

In Belgian waters, the SAR helicopters are military.
The Belgian military are under severe financial pressure.
Last year (2014) there were a larger than usual number of SAR call outs. If memory serves over 90 in July/August alone.
MoD complained that cost the large number of SAR missions put a severe strain on the defence budget. Most missions were to rescue surfers and small sailing craft (such as the cat in this case).
Hence the 'ban'.
 
OR4751 said:
Is this some kind of question? What difference does it make?

It is a local bylaw addopted by all municipalities along the coast.
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How can local bylaws be in force out at sea? ... and have you really checked that ALL municipalities along the coast have adopted them?

I think this is a figment of your imagination, nobody else seems to have heard of this
 
I hope good news is heard about this. It's a horrible thought that someone is overboard.
A couple I knew used to sail a dinghy cat out of Sheerness. In their early days, they went out ill-prepared and got into trouble and lost their rig. They were in wet suits only, no spare clothes, no radio, no food. They were drifting on the tide until someone at their club noticed that their trailer was still on the slip at the end of the day and called the lifeguard. They were rescued. They said it was the most frightening experience of their lives.
 
OR4751 said:
Belgian TV news certainly has.

Never mind, pointless discussion going nowhere fast.
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Although you did not specifically say so, you implied this was a UK regulation. .... and you have not provided a link

... and it is certainly not a "pointless discussion" as if there is some such regulation we ought to know about it.

I still think this is a figment of your imagination
 
DavidofMersea said:
Although you did not specifically say so, you implied this was a UK regulation. .... and you have not provided a link

... and it is certainly not a "pointless discussion" as if there is some such regulation we ought to know about it.

I still think this is a figment of your imagination
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As usual you have got hold of the sticky end of the stick. OR4751, is Belgian, the story is Belgian, the rules are Belgian. Read what is written not what you think is written.
 
DavidofMersea said:
Although you did not specifically say so, you implied this was a UK regulation. .... and you have not provided a link

... and it is certainly not a "pointless discussion" as if there is some such regulation we ought to know about it.

I still think this is a figment of your imagination
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There is none so blind as those who will not see.

The link is in #4

From the link:

The wind was blowing at 5 Beaufort yesterday. Such a strong wind usually means that sailing is banned unless you get a special permission. It is unlikely that the 3 had obtained that permission. They also left without proper communication tools, which is why one man had to swim back to the beach.
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Foot in mouth much?
 
OR4751 said:
Not a unique case perhaps: http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/1.2454671

The tricolor on the bow of the trimaran found off Kent would lead me to believe it's a French boat.
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I can see no sign of a French Tricolour on the photos of the CATARAMAN that was the subject of the original post. There is a large numeral 12 and aft of that 4 small couloured squares, 2 different shades of yellow then a blue and a red one. Below what may be a profile of the boat hull, probably altogether a maker's insignia? Having been found 27 miles NE of N Foreland it may have drifted across from France or Belgium I imagine, I wonder if the authorities over there have been contacted?
 
OR4751 said:
There is none so blind as those who will not see.

The link is in #4:
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I did read that. It says "The wind was blowing at 5 Beaufort yesterday. Such a strong wind usually means that sailing is banned unless you get a special permission".

May I refer you to post #7 when I asked "Who bans them? Is this some law? ... or club rules?", and you have never answered that except by saying "It is a local bylaw addopted by all municipalities along the coast", and implying that this was the UK, which is not an answer to that question.
 
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