Thanks for all your replies and input. I received two emails back from Transport Safety Vic. Below are the bits that count.
"The marine safety regulations require that when calculation the number of people on board a vessel for the purpose of determining weather the vessel is overloaded and not to be operated the following is considered
a, children less than one year are not counted
b, children 12 months to 12 years be counted as 0.5 (half a person)."
"Additionally if you calculate the max load and are well within the 500kg this shows that you are being conservative. Remember to include bags and fishing gear within your max load calculation as well as any after market fittings that have been added after the Aust builders Plate calculations were completed. "
Max Load / Max persons
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That's actually a really good reply, easy to understand and covers everything you asked. Wish a few other departments could reply like that :victory:
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I was happy just to get a reply! As you say, compared to alot of other departments theses guys were great to deal with, replied fast and took the query seriously. I actually got the first answer back on a Saturday.Who ever heard of a govt. department working on a Saturday?
Well done and much thanks to Antonia, Gareth and Phil at TSV.
Well done and much thanks to Antonia, Gareth and Phil at TSV.
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Impressive for a Saturday.Persistence wrote:I was happy just to get a reply! As you say, compared to alot of other departments theses guys were great to deal with, replied fast and took the query seriously. I actually got the first answer back on a Saturday.Who ever heard of a govt. department working on a Saturday?
Well done and much thanks to Antonia, Gareth and Phil at TSV.