And now for something outrageously sensible...

[PrincessBandit]

Boaties Urged to Help Themselves

“Coastguard officials and police are urging boaties to invest in a cheap form of insurance, a plastic bag, which may save their boat and their lives.
……………. Coastguard duty officer Mark Leevers said boaties should never go on the water without two forms of communications, including a very high frequency (VHF) radio and a cellphone as a back up.
Mr Leevers said putting a cellphone in a plastic bag with a resealable top, could be a livesaver."

OMG, are some people who go out on boats so thick that things like this actually have to be spelt out in the media?

[Str8 Jacket]

OMG, are some people who go out on boats so thick that things like this actually have to be spelt out in the media?

Yes, some of them exist on KB....

[MSTRS]

Surely you've seen how well some think beyond the leading edge of their car bonnet...

[Ronin]

OMG, are some people who go out on boats so thick that things like this actually have to be spelt out in the media?

OMG, are some people who ride bikes so thick that things like "it's not a race track" need to be on road side signs?

Kiwi attitude to safety is poor and combined with rating their skills higher than they actually are leads to what the media terms "tragedy". More often than not it's a very preventable fuck up.

OMG... I'm channelling katman

[tri boy]

OMG... I'm channelling katman


Theres an image I didn't need.:sick:

[cs363]

OMG, are some people who go out on boats, cars and bikes so thick that things like this actually have to be spelt out in the media?

Welcome to New Zealand, Land Of The Lowest Common Denominator.....

[Grubber]

My father in law used to have a 28 foot boat and found that when he was coming in on rough seas to be safe there would be 10 foot dingies going out over the waves to do a bit of fishing with about 5 guys in them. Pretty sad really.
It goes on everywhere!:facepalm:

[cs363]

OMG... I'm channelling katman

Not a bad thing, his message is sound....just sometimes the delivery rubs people up the wrong way, though I'm certain he'd make no apologies for that.

[Maha]

Boaties Urged to Help Themselves

“Coastguard officials and police are urging boaties to invest in a cheap form of insurance, a plastic bag, which may save their boat and their lives.
……………. Coastguard duty officer Mark Leevers said boaties should never go on the water without two forms of communications, including a very high frequency (VHF) radio and a cellphone as a back up.
Mr Leevers said putting a cellphone in a plastic bag with a resealable top, could be a livesaver."

OMG, are some people who go out on boats so thick that things like this actually have to be spelt out in the media?

How many waka operators wear life jackets or carry cell phones?
atgatt for boaties?

[PrincessBandit]

OMG... I'm channelling katman


Not a bad thing, .


Theres an image I didn't need.:sick:

mwahahahahahahahahaha

[schrodingers cat]

http://www.beforeyoutakethatpill.com/2008/12/idiots.jpg

The trouble with attempting to make things idiot proof is that the number and quality of idiots is increasing daily.

[Big Dave]

'Your an idiot' - that pic is either great irony or very clever.

[Pixie]

Boaties Urged to Help Themselves

“Coastguard officials and police are urging boaties to invest in a cheap form of insurance, a plastic bag, which may save their boat and their lives.
……………. Coastguard duty officer Mark Leevers said boaties should never go on the water without two forms of communications, including a very high frequency (VHF) radio and a cellphone as a back up.
Mr Leevers said putting a cellphone in a plastic bag with a resealable top, could be a livesaver."

OMG, are some people who go out on boats so thick that things like this actually have to be spelt out in the media?

Yep! A number of boats sink every year because the plug was not replaced after draining the bilge

[Buyasta]

Yep! A number of boats sink every year because the plug was not replaced after draining the bilge
Heh, reminds me of watching my brother set out in his P-Class at his boat club meeting, and seeing the back sinking lower and lower, till eventually he had to be towed back in by one of the lifeboats.
Turns out it's generally a good idea to put the bungs back in before setting off. :facepalm:

[JimO]

Yep! A number of boats sink every year because the plug was not replaced after draining the bilge

i did that last xmas, no problem just get moving and the water comes out, it never ceases to amaze me the number of boaties who overload their boats with booze and people then proceed to head out wothout lifejackets on

[Swoop]

[I]Boaties Urged to Help Themselves[I]

OMG, are some people who go out on boats so thick that things like this actually have to be spelt out in the media?
Very odd. I did exactly that yesterday without being told to do so.
Mmm. Snapper for dinner!:woohoo:

... when he was coming in on rough seas to be safe there would be 10 foot dingies going out over the waves to do a bit of fishing with about 5 guys in them.
He shouldn't be amazed. The amount of LARGE people sitting in small dinghy's is quite surprising...
In ALL weather conditions.:facepalm:

[paturoa]

Took the spawn out today for a spot of sea biscuit fun. The wind got up and so did the waves, so we headed back. The waves were getting too large to be going fast so we just pootled back.

Still a way off from the ramp, here is a 12 foot tinnie, 1 guy rowing away from shore while the guy at the back is trying to start the outboard. By the time we got to them there were about 500 meters away from shore (upwind) and realy struggling. The guy rowing signalled for help. I went over to them and they asked for a tow back. I suggested that the guy rowing was going in the wrong direction, but he didn;t see the humour in that.

So we towed them back to the ramp.

As far as I could tell, no life jackets, heading out into a big sea, motor not going. It was a good lesson for the kids cos they volunteered their thoughts as to the low iq of the said morons in the tinnie.

[Max Preload]

OMG, are some people who go out on boats so thick that things like this actually have to be spelt out in the media?Yes. Yes, they are.

I actually stopped renewing my Coastguard membership because of them. Too many fuckwits were using Coastguard as a viable alternative to being properly prepared and I got fed up with subsidising the cost of helping them.

In 5 years the membership fee tripled due, I'm sure, to Coastguard removing the 3 free assistances per annum and making it unlimited. It sends the completely wrong message. I won't be rejoining until this is rectified.

[Fatt Max]

Turns out it's generally a good idea to put the bungs back in before setting off. :facepalm:

So THAT'S what I've been doing wrong all these years, thought the boat sank because I was simply a fat bastard....

Boaties, reminds me of when I was in Paihia with Mrs Max and we were standing on the wharf. A boat load of la de da's sipping champers and making a hewer of a noise were approaching the wharf. Geezer driving the boat is coming in too fast, cant stop in time and.....WHAPP....boat goes right into the wharf wall. All these twats could do was laugh and laugh and laugh some more. No life jackets, nothing. Worse thing was there were two kids on the boat as well. These guys had no idea about boating or even basic responsibility. They jumped out of the boat, got into their BMW 4WD's and drove off, all pissed of course. The harbour master got straight on the phone to the cops, good on him.

Must admit, I could not believe that you can go to a boat yard, but a boat, stick it in the water and go for it, no license or anything....fecking bizzare...

[Max Preload]

Geezer driving the boat is coming in too fast, cant stop in time and.....WHAPP....boat goes right into the wharf wall.I can't understand why he didn't just use the brakes. :scratch:

[Fatt Max]

I can't understand why he didn't just use the brakes. :scratch:

Rekon thats what he was looking for, thought the shit pump pedal was the brake, dick.....

Yes mate, that sums up those people