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I think you've stumbled upon the reason why Canadians drive the way they do when they come down to Florida. Genius! Popular bumper sticker down here "When I retire I'm going to move to Canada and drive very slowly"

I don't know if it's worth considering, but here where everyone owns a pool, people use immersion alarms. A simple wristband that the child wears causes a loud alarm on a remote unit when it gets wet. All wireless and battery operated. Simple to set up and totally portable. Pete

Again, thanks. I deliberately kept my topic narrowly focused to eliminate the whole raft of possible circumstances. I understand that one competent and capable and properly licensed and equipped crew member seems to be all that is required in the narrowly defined situation that I layed out. Specifically, 8-10 meter pleasure craft on the rivers and canals of Europe with proper licensing, equipment, properly maintained and operated according to all other regulations. but if anyone has any specific references that contradict this, please set me straight.

That was a great help. I was able to download the règlements particuliers for the Seine, Yonne, Marne & Oise and was pleased to find no reference to minimum crew. I thank you all for your time and wish you happy sailing!

Yes, I think it was your post in another thread that got me thinking. For the record, I've read the CEVNI as well as local river reg's that I could find and could locate nothing to support the minimum crew statement. I've exhausted every search engine I can think of on every forum I'm aware of as well as the general search engines. It's not my intent to challenge anyone, I'm just concerned that if I've missed something this large, with all of the research that I've done, what else might I be unaware of. So, if you can find a reference to this minimum crew requirement, for any country, please post a link. Thanks again everyone.

all replies are welcome! A laugh is as good as an answer. I half expected a Clarke & Dawe reference "And the minimum crew is?" "well, one I suppose" Thanks gang,

Greetings, long time lurker here. I've learned a lot but have a question. Brevity being the soul of wit, here it is: Situation: An American on a 8 to 10 meter boat on the waterways in Europe, to include canals and rivers. Countries include Germany, France, Austria, etc. Question: Is there a minimum crew required for legal navigation through locks? Background: I saw a posting mentioning a mandatory minimum of two crew for French River locks. I've searched everywhere for a source for this regulation and found nothing. If this is true, could you point me in the right direction for a reference? Note: I can't find the original post to question the poster directly. Thanks all.