Water Safety Rules WA

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Relic
Relic
TAS
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TAS, 838 posts
27 Aug 2014 5:36pm
Coming to Geraldton later in the year. How strongly are the new Lifejacket/flare/PLB carrying rules being enforced in the area?
westozwind
westozwind
WA
1418 posts
WA, 1418 posts
27 Aug 2014 3:42pm
Relic said..
Coming to Geraldton later in the year. How strongly are the new Lifejacket/flare/PLB carrying rules being enforced in the area?


Rules, there are rules?
with over 4000km of Coast, nothin to worry about.
Relic
Relic
TAS
838 posts
TAS, 838 posts
27 Aug 2014 6:58pm
westozwind said..

Relic said..
Coming to Geraldton later in the year. How strongly are the new Lifejacket/flare/PLB carrying rules being enforced in the area?



Rules, there are rules?
with over 4000km of Coast, nothin to worry about.

New WA law is windsurfers/kitesurfers must wear a PFD and carry flares or a PLB more than 400m off shore.
There was rumours people had been fined. B.S. Or not?
elmo
elmo
WA
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WA, 8890 posts
27 Aug 2014 7:21pm
BS
decrepit
decrepit
WA
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WA, 12872 posts
27 Aug 2014 8:10pm
you wont get fined for another year or so.
snides8
snides8
WA
1731 posts
WA, 1731 posts
27 Aug 2014 8:13pm
You might be better off getting one of these gadgets and dragging it around behind you.


it could help deter these things which seem to hang around here a bit..



i recon floatys and sparklers are just the thin edge of the wedge...here in the nanny state...




Relic
Relic
TAS
838 posts
TAS, 838 posts
28 Aug 2014 8:07am
Thanks for the info folks. Nanna States everywhere. Gotta protect people from enjoying themselves!
Someone has noticed the numbers of windsurfers and teabaggers increasing. Just another revenue stream.

saltiest1
saltiest1
NSW
2568 posts
NSW, 2568 posts
28 Aug 2014 8:52pm
its pathetic all the rules that are creeping in now.
are there that many idiots that need to be baby sat that it impacts on all of us? i mean of all the other crap i do for fun that theres far more dangerous than windsurfing, so to make my life safer i need to wear a life jacket a pathetic 400m off the beach. what next a life jacket to free dive more than 10 metres cause we might make it 30m?
elmo
elmo
WA
8890 posts
WA, 8890 posts
28 Aug 2014 7:09pm
you wait till you see what they have planned for "squirrel suits"
saltiest1
saltiest1
NSW
2568 posts
NSW, 2568 posts
29 Aug 2014 9:30pm
elmo said..
you wait till you see what they have planned for "squirrel suits"


what, no parachutes cause they are too dangerous?
elmo
elmo
WA
8890 posts
WA, 8890 posts
29 Aug 2014 7:51pm
bubble wrap and an escort vehicle
saltiest1
saltiest1
NSW
2568 posts
NSW, 2568 posts
29 Aug 2014 11:25pm
perfect protection for all sports to satisfy over protective governments in nanny states. attach wings, mast, board, dive gear where ever you like.




elmo
elmo
WA
8890 posts
WA, 8890 posts
29 Aug 2014 11:03pm
Won't that look good when you have to set of the flares
stehsegler
stehsegler
WA
3571 posts
WA, 3571 posts
30 Aug 2014 12:24am
I truly believe that too many laws happen when bureaucrats get pushed to justifying their own jobs and/or are bored on the job.
Spocktek
Spocktek
WA
281 posts
WA, 281 posts
30 Aug 2014 10:13am
Well how about this, my mate just had to complete a 'working at heights safety course,'
which cost $450.
He's a commercial diver.....
Stuthepirate
Stuthepirate
SA
3591 posts
SA, 3591 posts
30 Aug 2014 5:30pm
With the amount they charge to get them into the water tanks up on site, they can afford that
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