Tamaroak wrote in message ...
And a more careful reading of the Act makes me think it doesn't apply in
the Great Lakes as long as I don't let anyone disembark in Canada.

Capt. jeff


Just a note r.e. the jones act stuff....An uninspected vessel can't
carry more than 6 paying passengers. This we know...so to carry more
than 6, the vessel needs to be inspected (and you need the appropriate
ticket to do it). However, to be inspected doesn't just mean having a
US laid keel, but also conforming to some very strict guidelines for
construction and safety. The regulations for a working inspected
vessel are quite lengthy and detailed compared to those of an
uninspected one. So unless your boat was constructed with the
expectation of being a commercially operating, inspected vessel in the
first place, the chances are slim it would ever be able to do anything
more than 6-pack work, even if it is US built. I've never heard of a
waiver to get around those guidelines, and I'd be surprised if there
was one. But as someone else said, I'm not a maritime lawyer either.

Rob Welling.