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| Originally Posted by wreckferret I agree with you Andy, I used to do rescue boat cover for a local yacht club many years ago.
I rescued a person in a shetland cruiser with a BROKEN LEG !!! On his own! I towed him for approx 2 miles and the bollocks didn`t even say thanks.
We were called out every day we were there for speed boats busting props because they didnt check out the depths before starting out.
When you see the state of some of the boats heading out its makes me really mad. |
I know what ya mean
I could list loads of T***s i see here at Dover , and you only have to read the Dover Coast Guards incidents from thier website , just too see how they are getting cheesed off with it.
I know that i'm a professional skipper, and pay £ 0000's to keep the boat and myself in spec for coding ,,,, Once i got a nets round my rudders after they floated up my anchor line , within 2 days i had a form on my doorstep from MAIB.
But when a club RhIB is doing the same dive as me , charging the same prices as me , and the boat is not kitted out with safety equipment and the boat handler can just drive the boat with no tickets and has to look after 6 - 8 divers....... and for arguements sake, gets water in his fuel & gets towed back........... AND not even a slap on his hand ,,,,,,,,,
REALLY GETS MY BACK UP............
Yes, they should pay at least the fuel bill for the lifeboat from startup to shut down. especially Dover's to big beasty fuel gusserling catarpillars