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Ok, further to that. Today I have made a complaint to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board as follows. "I would like to complain about the current situation regarding LPG on Boats. To get a gas cert for the vessel is currently impossible without a complete reinstall. The issue is that despite current standard, page iii "This Standard includes a statement that its requirements do not apply retrospectively" the gas fitters are insisting on compliance with the CURRENT standards, even for an EXISTING installation. This is in direct contradiction to the current standard,

Well, if nothing, next is to pass it on to an MP - isnt this Govt supposed to be removing red tape

Because the battery will turn off, possibly at a critical moment - no lights, no nav gear etc. Known as "dark ship". That's what the regs are trying to avoid.

enjineer, surely? Now I know that, I'll type slowly so you can follow... 😆

jib / gib How many times do I have to tell you I'm an engineer and not an English teacher?!?

Just furl the jib and it will be accessable, surely 😁 For my sins I once managed a tertiary provider of training to the plumbing and gas industry. The board was, to put it succinctly, a collection of geriatric iliterates with a fondness for gin and ensuring the continued protected status of thier businesses. It may have changed, but I see no evidence.

The main thing to note is, from page iii "This Standard includes a statement that its requirements do not apply retrospectively"

I have taken multiple sets (3) of lead carbon batts out of customers boats this year - premature failures, all approx 2 years old.. All have gone Lifepo4

Great info!

Yes we are watching that may need to re asses courses and destination yet but still a week out so lots can change

makes interesting https://noah-marineservices.com/marine-ship-rudder-stock/

I have a very nice little unit from YachtD that captures everything on the N2K network and records it to a sdcard. Unfortunately I now have billions of datapoints collected over 5+ years that I have been unable to process because the amount of information is over welming - but one day I plan on learning/using some big data processing tool to overcome that In the meantime I keep recording everything whenever the network is powered on...

I'm less worried about AI replacing work than I am about AI replacing democracies. I will allow that, in our case, AI would probably work better than the type currently on the Treasury benches.