May 17 2013

Rib drivers please take note of this tragedy

Published by at 10:00 under Club Notices

It is so easy to step on one of the clubs ribs and forget to attach the kill cord, please follow this link which will hopefully be a positive use of this recent tragedy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-22560652

Thanks to the power boat training team at TBYC headed by Ken Clarke with Tony Clarke and Toby Speller for keeping the safety standards of TBYC support rib drivers at the highest level with the RYA training.

Enjoy the water safely,
Peter

2 responses so far

2 Responses to “Rib drivers please take note of this tragedy”

  1. # Bill Dashfield (Cruising Secretary)on 17 May 2013 at 18:52

    The Marine Accident Investigation Board (MAIB) initial bulletin on this accident is at http://www.maib.gov.uk/publications/safety_bulletins/safety_bulletin_2013/safety_bulletin_1_2013.cfm

    With more content is a recent (2013) report on a collision between sailing club RIBs and lessons learnt at http://www.maib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/SDSCsection1_13.pdf (Case 23).

    regards
    Bill

  2. # Steve Hopperon 18 May 2013 at 16:32

    Wise words I for one am guilty of running my rib without my kill cord on however I will never go without it now. The hopper rib now has a no kill cord no driving policy!!! From now on I could not live with myself if my family ended up like that

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