[Public-List] Interesting

[John Birch]

Tony,

More likely because you all drive on the wrong side of the road ; )

Or do we, oh gosh - now I'm confused ....

Take care to all

JB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Fortnam" <tony.fortnam at btopenworld.com>
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Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Interesting


> John
> 
> All well thanks . Greetings to all Canadian brethren .
> 
> Currently pre-occupied with a 1932 wooden Hillyard 9 tonner cutter -  
> 30 ft plus bowsprit , bumpkin , red sails etc etc. Boat's name is  
> Billy Blue - the nicknam of one of Nelson's Admirals.
> 
> I see that a fellow Brit also spotted the April fool joke - must be  
> something in the water .
> 
> Rgds
> 
> Tony
> 
> On 2 Apr 2011, at 16:34, John Birch wrote:
> 
>> Tony, always great to hear from you - hope all is well across the  
>> pond.
>>
>> With respect to banning full keel boats from marinas due to  
>> maneuvering difficulties - may I suggest on playing the  
>> disability / accessibility card ; )
>>
>> Always fun when polli-ticks gets in the way of common sense.
>>
>> The argument against full keels is a dog with fleas
>>
>> Hopefully, as Gail said: Is this an April Fool?
>>
>> But with polly-ticians, we live in a world of infinite potential  
>> for the 'Wally' factor.
>>
>> Ya never really know
>>
>> ATB
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Fortnam"  
>> <tony.fortnam at btopenworld.com>
>> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public- 
>> list at lists.alberg30.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 6:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Interesting
>>
>>
>>> Look again at the Chairman's name
>>> .
>>> 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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