"Joe" wrote in message
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Hey Capt'n's

When conducting man overboard drills in an area that other boaters
often travel do you have to give notice to the USCG ? If not... should
you?

What is the proper procedure?

Joe



We've don't generally notify the CG, but there have been some exceptions. It
really depends on the level of drill you're doing and level of traffic in
the area. For example, during some scheduled COB drills examining the
different techniques (hosted by one of the local YCs), the CG was actually
involved and obviously had notice, and they gave their approval weeks in
advance. The drills involved people in the water during fairly challenging
conditions (strong currents/high winds). I believe the CG issued one or more
Securitys prior to the drills. There are times when a normally busy area in
the SF bay is not busy and times when a normally empty area is busy.

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