WINTER
BERTHING
alongside the club pontoon
Members
wishing to carry out maintenance of their boats during the winter are to
be allowed to berth alongside the club pontoon, for a maximum of three
weeks, at a cost of £25 per week.
Responsibility
for the safety and security of members' craft must remain with the member.
The club cannot accept any liability.
Detailed
conditions can be seen at the club.
Applications should be made to the sailing committee. |
RADIOS
BILL MAY SCUPPER RNLI
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/RNLI-RF-licences/
LIFEBOAT
crews fear being scuppered by crippling new charges for using their radios
from Ofcom, the communications regulator. The RNLI could see the price of
using its VHF emergency frequencies rise to £250,000 under plans to
charge the full commercial rate.
The charity, which saves hundreds of lives every year currently pays an
annual £48,000 at a discounted rate of 50 per cent. It relies on
donations and fears the move will have a disastrous impact on fundraising.
Peter Bradley, RNLI operations staff officer, said: 'It's a lot of money
when you think in terms of lifeboat days and little old ladies collecting
pound coins.'
'We could buy several inshore lifeboats for the same amount.'
'The Government rely on us to provide this search-and-rescue service, at a
cost of £124 million a year, but they want to charge us for doing it!'
Ofcom has set out plans to bring 'market forces' into maritime and civil
aviation communications in a policy it calls Administered Incentive
Pricing.
£250,000
represents an awful lot of charity collections, even more so in the
current economic climate so, if like me you feel strongly enough about
this, please sign the petition above.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3089310/Radio-charges-may-force-lifeboat-stations-to-close.html
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NO SMOKING
The Club now operates a no smoking policy.
MAIB
report - Ouzo
PDF - 1.34MB
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