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Operation Bluewater
Safety checks reveal 10 per cent failureRoads and Maritime Services (RMS) says the largest number of fines ever were issued to boaters during RMS’ recent Operation Blue Water. The common breach was for insufficient safety equipment such as (in-date) flares.
In total, 628 vessels were randomly checked during the operation which ran from February 11-24 in NSW. A total of 33 penalty notices and 26 formal warnings were issued with 11 penalty notices issued for not carrying the required safety equipment for boating offshore.
There were seven fines issued during the campaign for not wearing lifejackets when legally required to do so and six fines issued for not carrying sufficient lifejackets for the number of people on board.
Boating Safety Officers also found several people boating offshore in the Sydney region had difficulties putting on a lifejacket when asked to do so. It is crucial everyone on board a boat knows how to quickly and easily put on a lifejacket. A lifejacket cannot save your life unless you are wearing one.
Overall there was a 90.6 per cent compliance rate which says most offshore boaters are doing the right thing. But it also points to the fact some bluewater boaters in NSW require further education. And do run some dummy runs and drills so everyone aboard knows where and how to don their lifejacket. Photo: David Lockwood.
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