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Hi guys,
I was chatting with some guys from my local shop the other day and they seem to think that the HSE are thinking about changing the rules and not allowing cold water training at O/W level - cold being 15C.
Now I know they will step in if they believe the instructor has been negligent with regards to cold water protection (ie leaky semi dry in Capers in January as opposed to a dry suit!)and an incident occurs but it seems a bit harsh to say no more cold water training at all - cant be right can it? That would put a stop to virtually most of our season and be saying that cold water is bad when we all know thats not the case - being cold is! Have they got the wrong end of the stick in the shop ? I think so but would like to know if any one has heard similar.
Any thoughts/rumours out there ?
Cheers
Tara
Hi guys,
I was chatting with some guys from my local shop the other day and they seem to think that the HSE are thinking about changing the rules and not allowing cold water training at O/W level - cold being 15C.
Now I know they will step in if they believe the instructor has been negligent with regards to cold water protection (ie leaky semi dry in Capers in January as opposed to a dry suit!)and an incident occurs but it seems a bit harsh to say no more cold water training at all - cant be right can it? That would put a stop to virtually most of our season and be saying that cold water is bad when we all know thats not the case - being cold is! Have they got the wrong end of the stick in the shop ? I think so but would like to know if any one has heard similar.
Any thoughts/rumours out there ?
Cheers
Tara