On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:14:37 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 10/24/14 7:12 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:00:35 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

You're unemployed. So, how about it?

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Actually not, and I'm relatively successful at what I do.


Yeah, I've read that gun and drug running on boats can be lucrative.
What sort of firearms do you carry on board to ward off the even badder
bad guys?

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The dual 50 cals on the foredeck of the big USCG boats seem to do a
good job of warding off evil spirits. The waters off the DR and
Puerto Rico are being constantly patroled by US helos and cutters.
They sometimes hail you on the VHF radio. We were boarded by USCG at
0630 one morning in Boqueron, PR. They gave us a cursory once over
and said good bye. The next boat they boarded was a big sportfish
and the coasties ended up calling in the DEA and their drug sniffing
dogs. Don't know what set them off or how it turned out. In the DR
every port captain is paired with a drug enforcement guy.