T&T: line cutting and nets

[Doug Chapman]

I got caught in lobster trap rope last year. I saw the rope at the bow
and immediately put engines in neutral but still managed to have 43
feet of rope wrapped around the shaft and prop.
Doug Chapman
Atlantic Canada

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Trevor
Drawbridge<trevor at thedrawbridges.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> On July 16, 2009 5:33 AM Warren wrote
>>
>> I am curious, how many listees have had netting or line foul their  prop?
>> Just wondering if it is a common problem.
>>
>
> It is an ongoing problem here in the UK. This extract from Hansard (the
> formal written record of parliament) is from 1988.
>
>  " Unmarked Lobster and Crab PotsHC Deb 05 July 1988 vol 136 c573W 573W
>   Mr. Barry Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps
he
> is taking to seek to reduce the number of fouled propellers from unmarked
> lobster and crab pots.
>   Mr. David Mitchell: I know that my noble Friend the Minister for Aviation
> and Shipping has already advised my hon. Friend that the best way of making
> progress on this issue is through better communications locally between
> fishermen, yachtsmen and others. This remains of prime importance. In view
> of the clear concern however he will seek means of advising fishermen of
the
> problem and of emphasising the importance of their marking their pots
> adequately."
>
> The efficacy of the hon. members proposed course of action was obviously
> inadequate, as the problem still exists today. The following extract on the
> subject is from the Yachting and Boating World Forums in July 2001.
>
> "Thanks to the many of you who have contributed here. Some 187 posts later,
> many of them actual incident reports, the problem is clearly not going
away.
> However, concern is one thing but getting that to translate across to any
> means of action is another. That is especially so when incidents caused by
> collision with flotsam and jetsam or fouling by rubbish and fishing gear
are
> so rarely getting thrown up in MCA and RNLI figures. It tends to suggest
> that most occurences are getting dealt with by owners themselves and via
the
> assistance of non-lifeboat tows, commercial yards and private divers.
> Statistically, the problem doesn't exist, so it is hardly likely to get
> looked at by government. That is the problem the RYA faces when being asked
> to challenge the status quo.
> For that reason the RYA is now encouraging boatowners to start filing
> incident reports on the confidential system run by the charitable UK
> Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme, or CHIRP for
short.
> This organisation was founded in the early 1980s to serve the aviation
> industry, but launched a maritime programme in July of last year with the
> assistance of government funding. Although weighted heavily towards
> commercial interests, the advisory board includes Steve Johnson, the RYA's
> Cruising Manager and Nick Parker of the British Marine Federation."
>
> I am not aware of any statistics being published as a result of this or any
> other initiative to monitor the problem, but it hasn't gone away!
>
> Trevor Drawbridge
> Samara-of-Kip
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