Tuesday, 25 August 2015

A Concerned Reader Writes

Reader Patrick asks: "New RFP rule? The skipper of the new Snarleyow is apparently a stickler for the wearing of PBAs. Unlike the previous bloke."

Patrick: This blog is committed to safety and always does a risk assessment for its activities, as follows:
Hazardous Event
 Consequences
 Risk Assessment
 Risk Mitigation
Sailing
 Sudden immersion due to capsize, being knocked overboard by boom or falling overboard when moving about in boat.
Severity: High
Likelihood: High
Risk: High
 Wear lifejacket
Rowing
 Rower sits in middle of boat which is stabilized by two 10ft poles.
Severity: Low
Likelihood: Low
Risk: Negligible
 No mitigation measures required
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5 comments:

  1. Bursledon Blogger25 August 2015 at 13:03

    Your risk assessment fails to take account of the weather conditions.

    Current weather - Mitigation: Stay in pub

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  2. Chris Partridge25 August 2015 at 13:09

    That was indeed today's risk assessment just about word for word.

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  3. PicoMicroYacht26 August 2015 at 20:42

    A bit depends on the boat and the pub

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  4. PicoMicroYacht26 August 2015 at 20:47

    Does it depend on the boat or the pub...

    as I found out when I swapped PicoMicroYacht for a single sculling boat

    http://picomicroyacht.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/rowing-in-rio-de-janeiro.html

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  5. Chris Waite30 August 2015 at 16:36

    Life is a risk we will all eventually lose

    Childhood is when we learn to make real time assessments

    He who hesitates long enough to write about it as an adult is lost

    Badly and a lot

    Christo the W.

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