Maritime Safety Act.

time lord

Does anybody here enforce this act. Looking for pointers as reading the act does not deliver like experience.

Thanks in advance..

mathew

Not really. In general just don't act the eejit,
don't drink/do drugs and operate a craft,
wear life jackets (it just makes sense to)
I don't know if IRPCS comes in to it but the main part of that is always try to avoid a collision and give the least manouverable boat right of way
speed limits are in place for a reason, obey them! There is plenty of unlimited water!!

There may be more, I don't know the act myself, just speaking from my experience!!

Tabnabs

Nobody really enforces it unless you get caught after an accident has occurred, I stand to be corrected. but have never seen anything happen in Ireland? We don't have the manpower or the political will.

Pigeon Reaper

It is enforced if people are creating a problem in an area. It's not too unusal to see the coastguard out and about in busy spots but once away from these areas there's not much checked until after an incident.

time lord

Consistent problems prevail at our bathing locations and high amenity areas.

All large lakes and rivers. Between power boats, jet skis, wind surfers, remote nitro boats, bathers, fisher men in clinkers, unattended cars on slipways, dogs going hell for leather at each other, sit on canoes etc etc.

At one particular spot with a shore line of about 300 m all of the above were jockying for position.

Progress is happening between bye-laws and people authorised under the Maritime Act but it is fasinating that with square miles of lake they all want to use the water in the same area.

One individual got hit by a power boat, lost an organ (Kidney ,liver) I don't know. The boat had no insurance so the tax payer through the council got sued and we all payed dearly for other peoples mistake.

"Jet skis" are now banned which I think is a shame. Power boats are next on the agenda and all because of no co-operation and bad manners by both sides.

I'm one of the unfortunates who has to enforce this act and hence the original question.
ps. things have died down somewhat since the boom ended.

JohnCleary

Where are you talking about?

time lord wrote: »

Consistent problems prevail at our bathing locations and high amenity areas.

All large lakes and rivers. Between power boats, jet skis, wind surfers, remote nitro boats, bathers, fisher men in clinkers, unattended cars on slipways, dogs going hell for leather at each other, sit on canoes etc etc.

At one particular spot with a shore line of about 300 m all of the above were jockying for position.

Progress is happening between bye-laws and people authorised under the Maritime Act but it is fasinating that with square miles of lake they all want to use the water in the same area.

One individual got hit by a power boat, lost an organ (Kidney ,liver) I don't know. The boat had no insurance so the tax payer through the council got sued and we all payed dearly for other peoples mistake.

"Jet skis" are now banned which I think is a shame. Power boats are next on the agenda and all because of no co-operation and bad manners by both sides.

I'm one of the unfortunates who has to enforce this act and hence the original question.
ps. things have died down somewhat since the boom ended.

time lord

JohnCleary wrote: »

Where are you talking about?

Midlands fresh water Lake, high amenity area. Dont want to broadcast the exact location as the messanger often gets it in the neck.

If you have a particular area in mind pm me and i'll tell you if your correct.

garboard

time lord wrote: »

Midlands fresh water Lake, high amenity area. Dont want to broadcast the exact location as the messanger often gets it in the neck.

If you have a particular area in mind pm me and i'll tell you if your correct.

Interesting Time lord, you say you are an enforcer?

time lord

garboard wrote: »

Interesting Time lord, you say you are an enforcer?

Authorised under many acts for the local authority, no grand title for the job, the pay grade is water and sewage caretaker grade 5 outdoor but i have never being employed in this role.

Enforcing bye laws against jet skis two years now along with other bye laws for the lake areas. Enforcing over ten years for other acts, loose horses, casual trading, burning etc, it goes on and on. Last count was over 20 seperate enforcement duties in the roster.

Very outdoor type of job, no two hours never mind two days are the same.