SLIPWAY ETIQUETTE
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Remember the Slipway is not your personal Slipway and that other users do use it. The following will stop any conflicts or potential damage to your boat or 3rd party’s boat.
LAUNCHING:
- Park away from slip, and prepare boat for launching, this gives your wheel bearings time to cool down as well as giving you time to load boat up, remove trailer board, remove most of the straps, leave one on bow, don’t not rely on Trailer Winch by itself. Insert Drain Plug!
EPIRBs - Check your vital 15 character code
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That's the message that Cobham Life Support, ACR Products, the world's leader in safety and survival technologies, is trying to get to all beacon owners. They want all EPIRB and PLB owners to double check their 15-character identification code registration for errors.
According to a recent Marine Board of Investigation inquiry, which is looking into the sinking of a scallop boat Lady Mary on March 24th this year, there was a discrepancy in the EPIRB's identification number, which was marked on a decal that the boat's owner had received after he registered the EPIRB.
Harbour Etiquette
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The following is advice in Etiquette in harbours in general:
1. When APROACHING a Harbour, they might be moored boats or boats doing manoeuvres on the outside of the harbour. SLOW down, to a speed that you are not making unwanted wake and give these boats a WIDE Berth. Nothing worse than having a boat bast by when you are trying to hoist sails or prepare fenders.
2. Know local byelaws, OBEY SPEED LIMIT, but even doing the speed limit in the harbour might cause unwanted wake, so you are best treating as a NO WAKE ZONE. Remember you are not the only water user in harbour.
Safety of Life at Sea
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SOLAS V - Safety of Life at Sea Chapter 5
Extract from SOLAS V Leaflet produced by the Marine & Coastguard Agency full version [here]
Voyage Planning
Regulation V/34 ‘Safe Navigation and avoidance of dangerous situations’, is a new regulation. It concerns prior-planning for your boating trip, more commonly known as voyage or passage planning. Voyage planning is basically common sense. As a pleasure boat user, you should particularly take into account the following points when planning a boating trip:
Distress Flares - A Quick Guide
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They are two class of Flares - Pyrotechnic & the newer Laser Rescue Flare. You will find a information on both classes below: