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Smug in Boots said:
I took my boat licence in France and had a few days ruined because I’d gone to the assistance of a stranded boat. We were on our way to St Tropez, loaded up with cool boxes, picnic, etc, and a boat had broken down. We had to come alongside, hitch up two ropes and take him to the nearest suitable port, St Raphael.

It took over two hours and ruined the day but we had no choice …

… ‘Under international maritime law, you are legally obligated to help any person or vessel in peril, provided you can do so without endangering your own vessel, crew, or passengers.’

People who say we should ignore people in the Channel clearly know nothing about maritime law or how busy that shipping lane is. The RNLI have no choice in who to help or how.
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Yeah good post. Ignorance of the highest order but not surprising and the disciples blindly follow. They aren’t sheep though oh no no.

I have a very good mate who is active in the RNLI and I can’t speak highly enough of him or his colleagues. Criticising people who risk their lives to save others at sea is beyond contempt.
 
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Northumberland Rocks said:
I have a very good mate who is active in the RNLI and I can’t speak highly enough of him or his colleagues. Criticising people who risk their lives to save others at sea is beyond contempt.
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does he also land on the beach in France to pick up Migrants or is it just the south coast ones
 
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Evil Jimmy Krankie said:
We landed in Australia in November 2007. Boxing Day that year was 44 degrees. Never experienced heat like it. We were stuck in a rental apartment with an aircon system woefully inadequate for what we wanted. Character building is all I’ll say
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Been told to wear something comfortable if I go on-site

If it’s cooler at home wprk there
 
Smug in Boots said:
That's never happened and, what's more, I don't believe it ever could ...

... it would be classed as an International Incident, exactly as if the French landed in the UK.
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There's that much made-up news about. Using photos from unrelated places and attaching untrue, inflammatory headlines and stories.

People can get bombarded with it on social media if the algorithms decide that's what they want to see.

Edit - plus the money chucked at circulating these things by billionaires and unfriendly states
 
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Anyway, one of my mates has been asked to re carpet all the boxes at the SOL via a 3rd party. Showed me some photos, very impressive, we are going to have some stadium lads & lasses
Apparently we are really going to town with the upgrades this summer
 
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