I never was stopped by the USCG, but I was
stopped by the harbor Nazi's. The guy gave me
a hard time because my niece was sitting on the
bow (bow riding), which is illegal in a powerboat
and quite legal in a sailboat doing 3 knots. I
challenged him it and he told me he was doing 8
knots--in the main current, while I was in the
shallows of a mooring field.

He gave me a ticket for having an unregistered
boat instead. He had he told me he would not give
me a ticket for that however he had to give me a
ticket for something, and realized I was correct in
that bow riding is legal on a sailboat.

"Joe" wrote
I don't know about you but I've come into different gulf ports over a
1000 times and have never been stopped by the USCG...Never. Infact, I
have never in my life been stopped or boarded by the Coast Guard
inshore or offshore.

How many here have ever been stopped by the USCG?

What did they do?