"Rit" wrote: > This past summer, as we approached Put-in-Bay (on Lake Erie), we > were > stopped by two vessels, one Border Patrol and one Coast Guard. They > had > their guns drawn and were very, very intent. > > They ordered everyone on deck. Bordered our sailboat and scared the > living > s___ out of the adults and children onboard. Even threatened me > with a > citation because we didn't have picture ID of the kids onboard. > (This was a > day sail) > > Quite frankly, I've had enough, these policies are out of hand and > getting > worse.
As the old saying goes, ".. times they are a changing." L Erie was my home water. Almost every week end, would sail to PIB or Kelleys. The weekends we didn't, would sail to a Canadian port. Back then the Canadians provided an 800# to call in and let them know you were in their waters. They basically had two (2) concerns: 1) How much booze did you have on board. 2) Did you have any firearms on board. Was never interviewed face to face in all those years. Unless I was going to be in Canadian waters more than 48 hours, didn't even register. Never contacted US authorities on return. I wasn't alone, it was pretty much standard practice. Things were pretty laid back in those days. Just another sign of innocence lost. Lew _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
