Larry wrote:
Jeff wrote in
:

Somehow, I don't think the CG would look at a foreign flagged boat and
say, "Oh, they're Algerian - they must be cool!"


No, but they DO say, "Oh, he's Bill Gates - We don't want that trouble."

True, but I don't think the OP was Bill Gates. And anyone remotely
close to that level is not asking for legal advice in this forum.