Phil has a good question... but what's the alternative? Self reporting when you are in violation of the law? Let's be real.
No one likes rude folks. But a boarding at 1 pm in the afternoon to check if your boat is within the law does not seem that extreme... They may not assume folks are asleep and wrongly assume delay is caused by folks running to the pump out to put on wire ties. I do not see how they can ever catch any violator. We got boarded off Fort Pierce 25 miles at sea by the USCG on our most recent travels back to the United States from Venezuela. We had everything in order, including a prepared notebook showing compliance with all on the checklist items, all docs and other items shown. We had the types and locations of all fire extinguishers mapped for their ease of inspection. They seemed to appreciate it and it was over quick. I would much prefer inspection to current USCG proposal to have us all carry a TRANSPONDER with an individual code so they can track us. While that might make it less necessary for boardings, it is Big Brother at its worst and a crock. Sue & I have USCG licenses and had to get Transportation Worker Identity Cards for $125 each too.... which no one... even TSA seems to use or check. I want less government, but boardings have been conducted since Colonial days and that's why their conduct is outside the 4th and 14th Amendments. Boats have always been used to smuggle. They are subject to govt forfeiture if used illegally. They will never stop boarding boats, I am certain. Ed Ed & Sue on Angel Louise, (now anchored near Norm) lying Gloucester, MA On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 02:38 -0400, [email protected] wrote: >> We arrived around 9-10 AM and went straight to bed. We were woken up >> around 1 PM by the rangers knocking on the boat. . . <snip snip> A quick poll. How many of us can justify this kind of inspection and are OK with it? How many think something ought to be done about it? Philip S/V ORYOKI Currently lying in Beaufort NC > "There's no point in making a plan if > you're going to pretend to follow it!" > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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 > -- Ed Kelly sailing vessel ANGEL LOUISE - Catalac 12m Skype Cell telephone: 202-657-6357 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
