[Public-List] Interesting

[John Birch]

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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