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| Originally Posted by K1W1 Hi,
Does anyone have any sensible answers to what the differences are between these standards and the ones normally shoved down our throats as being the MCA and or RINA Standard?
Class requirements are the absolute minimum to get your boat through, most if not everything covered by class can be improved a long way. |
Thank heavens someone else thinks this is a crock. I've had to explain to more than one owner just because a boat is built to a certain Class it does not mean it is built to a standard a good yard, skipper or engineer would accept.
Just because you carry so many bright orange life-belts with a stamp on them does not make a safe boat. They are minimums for the insurance companies to work to.
For one owner, when I cut a new hole in the bottom of his boat to fit a new depth-sounder he almost went ballistic when he saw how thin the hull was compared to the drawings (within Class though). He though Classification was a guarantee of quality. His lawyer soon told him the truth.