Thread: Canterbury jetboaters check out new proposed bylaws

Saw this on the other forum.

http://ecan.govt.nz/publications/Gen...ylaws-0316.pdf

Check out the open speed area proposals. Reads like you can only go faster than 5 knots on Canterbury rivers if you belong to the Jetboaters association

read page 11

14 River Safety Rules
(1) A person in charge of a vessel on a river must:
(a) ensure that the vessel keeps as near to the starboard (right) side of the river
channel as is safe and practicable; and
(b) when going upstream, give way to any vessel coming downstream; and
(c) not navigate the vessel unless river and weather conditions are considered to
permit safe navigation of the vessel; and
(d) not exceed a speed of 5 knots on any river unless in an area designated as an
OSA; except that;
(e) subclause (1)(d) shall not apply to any paddle craft or raft, including when towing
a vessel, person, or an object

then page 30

A Open Speed Areas (OSAs) for Canterbury Rivers
(1) The Open Speed Areas listed in Table 1 (below) are Reserved for:
(a) members of Jet Boating New Zealand Incorporated (JBNZ);
(b) a person holding a Temporary Reservation approved by the Harbourmaster
under clause 12(2) of the Bylaw;
(c) vessels operating under a Maritime Transport Operator Certificate or equivalent
Maritime New Zealand certification.

it then lists all the rivers which are OSA, which is pretty much all the rivers.

So get your submissions in, or join the jetboaters association.