[Public-List] Interesting

[Michael Grosh]

I'm with you, Gordon. Operator error is the issue. I'd also be curious to
see the actual numbers in the comparative 'sky high' rates. I think we are
in lies, damn lies, and statistics country here.
Michael
#220
On Apr 1, 2011 8:54 PM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> I've heard of that sort of thing. My feeling is that full keeled yachts
are
> 'less maneauvreable' than fin keeled yachts only when they are handled by
> sailors who aren't used to them. Any full keeled yacht with a prop in an
> aperture can be made to spin in its own length by use of rudder and
engine.
> Fin keeled yachts have made people lazy and forget how to handle their
> boats.
>
> Do I sound like I'm getting on a high horse? I guess so! Sorry.
>
>
> Gord
>
>
>
>
> On 01/04/11 8:43 PM, "Jim Davis" <a30240 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Reuters: Oslo, Friday
>>
>> NORWAY is to be the first country to ban full-keel yachts in marinas. But
>> other countries, including Britain and the USA, might not be far behind.
>>
>> Dr. Loof Lirpa, current chairman of the International Marina Owners' and
>> Operators' Association, said in Oslo today that the ban was the result of
>> expensive collisions that caused damage to marina facilities and other
yachts.
>>
>> "The committee has known for years that full-keeled yachts are less
>> maneuverable in tight spaces, particularly in reverse gear," he said.
>> "Consequently their accident rate is sky-high compared with fin-keel
sailboats
>> and shallow-draft powerboats."
>>
>> Dr. Lirpa said Norwegian insurers had refused to accept any new business
from
>> owners of full-keeled boats. "Marina owners cannot be expected to carry
the
>> burden of accidents, so they have decided to ban full-keel sailboats from
all
>> Norwegian marinas from April 1, 2012."
>>
>> Dr. Lirpa said marina owners from Britain and the USA attending the
current
>> annual general meeting of the international association in Oslo had voted
in
>> favor of the ban, and would be applying a similar ban in their own
countries
>> later this year.
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