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On 1/11/07, <> wrote:
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>
> Like i said i cant imagine WHY an EPIRB would be locked away except for
> the
> reason i gave - using MY LOGIC - as to the suggestion that it would
> not have
> been used in extremis because they might get prosecuted after the event -
> i
> find that suggestion obscene bearing in mind three people lost
> their lives
> here.
Not to put too fine a point upon it, but a prosecution would never happen.
First, the timing of this unfortunate incident was before the 121.5/243.0
EPIRB ban, which began on Jan 1, 2007. Secondly, there's a jurisdiction
issue - boat, crew, and location may not have been affected by this law.
Third, COLREGS and maritime tradition both allow virtually any activity
that's necessary to save lives when a vessel is in extremis. Fourth, the
nature of the communication restriction would - at most - result in an
administrative fine, never a judicial prosecution.
Logic being what it is...if a premise is wrong, conclusions based upon that
premise are not logical. The premise was wrong.
We've strayed quite a distance from the original topic, haven't we?
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Best,
Bryan Genez
"Capella" V40-158
New Bern, NC
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