"Jeff Morris" wrote in
news
When you start posting like that its pretty clear you've lost the
argument. However, one more nail for your coffin:

"What has changed is that a foreigner is now allowed to be "in
command" of a U.S. documented recreational vessel. The regulations
were relaxed in 1996, only for recreational vessels, and this mainly
benefits those who want to bareboat charter a documented vessel to a
foreigner or a U.S. citizen who has a foreign spouse or boat partner.
For all other endorsements of documented vessels -- coastwise,
fishing, and registry -- a U.S. citizen must still be in command" of
the vessel."

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl..._6/ai_69233945

Thank you for posting this. I was just about to post a question as to how
US documented boats could be placed into a charter fleet where non-US
citizens could command them. I see it all of the time.

-- Geoff