[Public-List] Interesting

Tony Fortnam tony.fortnam at btopenworld.com
Sat Apr 2 03:08:10 PDT 2011


Look again at the Chairman's name
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On 2 Apr 2011, at 01:55, Gail DeMoss wrote:

> Is this an April Fool?
>
>
> On 4/1/11 8:43 PM, Jim Davis 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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