Police checks: Outdated nautical charts, missing labelling - sailors have to pay the price
Leonie Meyer
· 22.05.2024
During the Maritime Safety Days, the waterway police organised a Traffic control on the water. Certificates of competence such as driving licences and radios as well as up-to-date nautical charts were checked.
Offences recorded for several sailors during police checks
Several sailors were checked during the inspections. One sailor was fined 100 euros because his nautical chart was out of date. "The routes on the water are constantly changing, so the nautical charts must always be up to date to ensure safety at sea," explained the water police officer. Another sailor was accused of missing his home harbour and the name of his ship. He also had no paper charts on board. This led to less understanding on the part of the skipper.
Motorboats were also inspected during the police checks, but no offences were detected during the NDR recording. The water police emphasise the importance of complying with safety regulations in order to avoid accidents and dangers on the water.
We will publish a detailed evaluation of the Maritime Safety Days at the weekend.
Leonie Meyer
Editor News & Panorama
Leonie Meyer was born in Detmold in 1997. The passion for boating runs in her family: every year they spend their summer holidays in Croatia with their boat. Even as a child, she leafed through her father's BOOTE magazine.
After training as a design assistant at school, she moved to Magdeburg to study International Journalism. During this time, she completed an internship abroad at a German daily newspaper in Greece and an internship at BOOTE magazine. After graduating with a BA (2020), Leonie did a graduate internship in Mallorca. Her last stop was a cross-media traineeship at a daily newspaper in OWL. Leonie Meyer has been working as an editor in the watersports digital editorial team since 2023 and turned her passion into a career.
