[David Wallace]

Originally Posted by yellow butty box

sorry didn't know RYA did boat surveys as far as i was aware every legal boat had a diamond purely for the punters to look at ,failing that a copy of ya SCV

Errr.... I have never had a diamond and my boats legal

Originally Posted by yellow butty box

as for the harmonisation of the code don't hold your breath its been going on for donkeys.

The SI for the harmonised code is supposed to be before Parliment now, but no - i'm not holding my breath

Originally Posted by yellow butty box

i agree with you totally that you should have the quals to match the range of the vessel but this is'nt the way it is in practice with many people in this area working on a lesser qualification compared to the boat ,having been inspected and passed by the MCA

Why not just report them to the MCA and continue to do so until something is done?

Originally Posted by yellow butty box

as for the old hiding behind the club thing that still exists and there nothing you or i can do about it.
the new "club code" is an absolute joke it was surpose to close this ol loop hole that existed.
one of the local skipper here's wife is an MCA surveyour for code boats so we get an idea of whats going on and not a lot has changed

I have heard this before and having read the final draft of the code I dont understand why people are saying its a joke? except of course that its all down to enforcement and whos going to do that? whats your take on the situation?

Originally Posted by yellow butty box

i take it skipper your a member of the NFCS etc this is all usual rant material.

Used to be because I thought that they were actually being effective, stopped because I no longer see any effective action. anyway, if there is, they are not communicating their sucess to the members - seems that they write a few very articulate letters though Lets face it, in the last 12 months they have not made any changes to the members website and its about 1/4 complete. to me that says a lot about any organisation!