Re: [Paddlewise] French navigation bumf

> From: "Kevin Dyer" <k.dyer_at_bluewin.ch>
>From my French bumf message:
> "Basis of French authorisations to navigate up to 5 miles from land. Boats
> must
> be homologated (several pages of bumf about that, but I couldn't be
> bothered)."
> They take the kayak, fully equipped, load 15kg of metal per person,
<snip>

Actually, since Rainer mentioned that French kayakers had so
far paddled out without question with regard to the rigid regulations
for their kayaks, my question was how would the authorities be able 
to check that a kayak satisfied the rules if they came upon the
paddler while the paddler was two miles off-shore.  Easy enough
to ask to see pfd's, but how could they check to see if the "cockpit 
rim must be above the water level when fully flooded" rule was being 
met.  Does the kayaker have to carry some kind of certification on 
them to show the authorities their boat meets the guidelines or does
the boat have to display some kind of sticker visible to authorities
when out on water? 

cheers,

jackie


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