David Samuel writes

Reminds me of a conversation a women radio operator on a boat had with the
coastguard, complaining that a Mayday alert was boring and could they change
channels from 16 as she was trying to contact friends!!!!

Somebody called the coast-guard from off Cowes at the weekend, and
insisted they send out the lifeboat for his wife who had cut her finger.
They even had an ambulance waiting for her at Yarmouth.

To be fair, the caller described the 'cut' as a 'severe laceration', and
we had no idea of his boat size, type, and number of crew, but it did
seem over the top.

Nice to see the lifeboat fly past though.

BTW I'm new to all this, and was in Yarmouth doing an RCA powerboat
level two course.

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Trevor Dennis
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Guys

The reason there are a lot of Bayliners about is that they created an
affordable, successful package, and as such have sold a lot. As a side
effect, there are a lot on the market, and are targeted as entry points to
boaters. So, individuals who take up the sport/hobby are not
skilled/experienced in the rules of the road thus poor boating skills; of
course, being cheapish means that arseholes who want to disregard every
law/rule made snap them up also.

From my own experience the most significant offender of disregarding the
rules of the road are Jet Bikers (skiers). Where I boat they can be
regularly breaking every "Dead Slow" sign they can find...all to show off
their mucking about skills to their mates on the beach. A lot of them drive
BMW's, Merc's and of course Shoguns.

Perhaps one way of resolving this is to introduce a licence
requirement/qualification for all boaters. They do it for cars, bikes,
buses, vans, scooters...so why not boating?

As far as quality is concerned, I'm on my second Bayliner, and have
thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Cheers
Kenny



"Trevor Dennis" wrote in message
...
David Samuel writes

Reminds me of a conversation a women radio operator on a boat had with
the
coastguard, complaining that a Mayday alert was boring and could they
change
channels from 16 as she was trying to contact friends!!!!

Somebody called the coast-guard from off Cowes at the weekend, and
insisted they send out the lifeboat for his wife who had cut her finger.
They even had an ambulance waiting for her at Yarmouth.

To be fair, the caller described the 'cut' as a 'severe laceration', and
we had no idea of his boat size, type, and number of crew, but it did
seem over the top.

Nice to see the lifeboat fly past though.

BTW I'm new to all this, and was in Yarmouth doing an RCA powerboat
level two course.

--
Trevor Dennis
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Ive owned Three Bayliners and would recommend them to anyone. Had the last
one ( 28.5 sunbridge) 14 years and never had a problem with it other than
regular maintainence.





"Glenn Boyd" wrote in message
.com...
I am thinking of purchasing a 1988, 35' Bayliner Avaniti. I can't seem
to
find to find any information on these boats. Can anyone help with what
they
know or have heard. Very appreciated

Excuse the toppost, I didn't get the original post.
I have a Bayliner Ciera Sunbridge, and similar to McCann, have had no
problems with it whatsoever, superb boat, I also would recommend them.
hth

"McCann" wrote in message
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Ive owned Three Bayliners and would recommend them to anyone. Had the last
one ( 28.5 sunbridge) 14 years and never had a problem with it other than
regular maintainence.





"Glenn Boyd" wrote in message
.com...
I am thinking of purchasing a 1988, 35' Bayliner Avaniti. I can't seem
to
find to find any information on these boats. Can anyone help with what
they
know or have heard. Very appreciated