Dogbreath
Well-Known Member
It's my understanding that PFDs are required for children under 16yo when aboard private craft right?
Here's what I wonder about-when I take tours to Porteau Cove in the AM I often see a small barge transferring kids to summer camps on the other side of Howe Sound.
Those are young school kids and few if any are over 16 and I have yet to see a PFD on any of them-and they are packed thick on that barge-them and all their gear/supplies.
I called the Coast Gaurd they said call Transport Canada Office of Boating Safety and I did-no answer so I left an email yesterday-no response I won't get one until Tuesday @ the earliest.
It's the same barge that transports stuff all over Howe Sound & area so maybe they have a licence to transport humans too-one without PFDs-like BC Ferries does.
I don't want to seem like a busybody by marching down the ramp and demanding answers from the operator but neither do I want to see a tragedy happen.
Anyone out there have any info on this kind of situation?
TIA
Here's what I wonder about-when I take tours to Porteau Cove in the AM I often see a small barge transferring kids to summer camps on the other side of Howe Sound.
Those are young school kids and few if any are over 16 and I have yet to see a PFD on any of them-and they are packed thick on that barge-them and all their gear/supplies.
I called the Coast Gaurd they said call Transport Canada Office of Boating Safety and I did-no answer so I left an email yesterday-no response I won't get one until Tuesday @ the earliest.
It's the same barge that transports stuff all over Howe Sound & area so maybe they have a licence to transport humans too-one without PFDs-like BC Ferries does.
I don't want to seem like a busybody by marching down the ramp and demanding answers from the operator but neither do I want to see a tragedy happen.
Anyone out there have any info on this kind of situation?
TIA
