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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?

Joe

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Hey Joe...

Not even hailed (via vhf) by them?

Bill

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Not directly. I have responeded to many Pan Pan's and have issued a
few, and a few Mayday's to help others in , ect.. Helo crashes in the
area, requested to follow weekend warriors in ect. But have never been
approched, boarded, stopped, inspected, ect.......never ever.

I do always check in with traffic control in ports that have them,
approaching all ports I check on the VHF to see if there is any
concerned outbound traffic and ID myself when hitting the seabouy.

I've been stopped by the local yokles on my dink for a lifejacket
check but thats it.

Joe

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Joe,

I've been Boarded Twice. That was in 1994. Both in the same year. That
was the last time and only time I've ever been boarded. Both times were
routine and everything was in order.



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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.


I guess you look honest.

How many here have ever been stopped by the USCG?

What did they do?


Yes, a couple of times. Most recently in Charleston, we were
down there with relatives including our two beautiful
teen-age nieces. They were sunbathing on the upper deck and
a number of boats came close to look, including some racers
in the E-Scow district regatta. Can't blame the Coasties for
doing the same, I'm sure some of those E-Scow sailors would
have come aboard too if they could have thought up a good
excuse.

All the times we have been boarded by the USCG they have
been very professional. I always ask them to sign our log, too.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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Never been boarded... came back through the Gate once, and we waved to them,
but they just waived back. I was on a boat that had been stopped the week
before... passed inspection (this was an inshore charter).

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"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
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?

Joe

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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?

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Good idea.

"DSK" wrote
All the times we have been boarded by the USCG they have been very
professional. I always ask them to sign our log, too.

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On 17 Mar 2006 07:05:10 -0800, "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?

Joe


Never boarded at sea by CG

Several courtesy dock checks (they used to do that about one weekend
a season, your choice, no fault)

Stopped once at night by DEA when sailing by Miami. Well not really
stopped, they just matched speed and asked for numbers and
destination. They were in a blacked out cig boat, I'm sure it was
confiscated. They ran with us for a minute, probably checking a
computer, then said have a nice evening and went on. Couldn't see
them when they were 30' away.

Frank

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Several times, mostly when returning to the U.S. (Puget Sound) from
Canadian waters. Mostly in the 70s (but a coupla times more recently)
and mostly, I suspect, 'cause I had long hair. They did the typical
thorough-search-and-meaningful-questions routine, then went away when
they didn't find any drugs or explosives.

Frank

Joe wrote:
....snip...
How many here have ever been stopped by the USCG?
What did they do?

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Mostly in the 70s (but a coupla times more recently)
and mostly, I suspect, 'cause I had long hair.


Dave wrote:
I'd recommend a haircut.

Of course you would. You'd recommend unquestioning conformity.

DSK

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It is amazing how fast the man will judge you by looks.

Once a long time ago to fix a bad hair cut I had my hair real short,
like 1/4 " short.

A cop directing traffic called me a skinhead MF got in my face and
wanted a fight big time. He was the kind of cop I knew I could take his
gun away and beat him senceless with it. But it was the 4th of July and
I did not need a hassle, so I just ignored him. It was amazing how he
judged me just by a bad haircut.

Joe

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No lights?

"Frank Boettcher" wrote

computer, then said have a nice evening and went on. Couldn't see
them when they were 30' away.

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I've read in Lat 38, that they leave fat middle aged
naked people alone. The opposite of Doug's case
with the cute young girls in bikini's.

"Dave" wrote

"Frank" said:

Mostly in the 70s (but a coupla times more recently)
and mostly, I suspect, 'cause I had long hair.

I'd recommend a haircut.

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I got searched once. I had longish hair, a beard, barefoot and ratty
clothes.. Then they found a US Naval Officer uniform on board. That had them
jumping, then I showed them my ID card and explained I had a few months
"off".
They then left and took their stinking dog with them.

Amen!


"DSK" wrote in message
...
Mostly in the 70s (but a coupla times more recently)
and mostly, I suspect, 'cause I had long hair.


Dave wrote:
I'd recommend a haircut.

Of course you would. You'd recommend unquestioning conformity.

DSK

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On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:06:05 -0500, "Bart Senior" .@. wrote:

No lights?

No running lights that we could see. And when they were running next
to us they had soft, red tone, low intensity instrument lighting. It
was obvious to us that they did not want to be seen. The crew (two
that we could see) were also blacked out completely.

They were on us before we knew it. All six of us were looking west to
the lights of South Beach (beautiful from the water at night) and they
came up on our port side. It was a strange experience. This happened
about ten years ago.

Frank



"Frank Boettcher" wrote

computer, then said have a nice evening and went on. Couldn't see
them when they were 30' away.

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Now that's funny... I was sailing toward Red Rock and saw a guy and gal
sailing naked.

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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
I've read in Lat 38, that they leave fat middle aged
naked people alone. The opposite of Doug's case
with the cute young girls in bikini's.

"Dave" wrote

"Frank" said:

Mostly in the 70s (but a coupla times more recently)
and mostly, I suspect, 'cause I had long hair.

I'd recommend a haircut.

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Thats nothing, I snuck (sailed)up on a powerboat drifting across the
lake.
Low and behold she was going down on him like Pamela Anderson on Tommy
Lee, I think she saw me but just kept on going.
Of course I had to make a loud tack to stir thing up :0)

Joe

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"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
Thats nothing, I snuck (sailed)up on a powerboat drifting across the
lake.
Low and behold she was going down on him like Pamela Anderson on Tommy
Lee, I think she saw me but just kept on going.
Of course I had to make a loud tack to stir thing up :0)

You mean to *startle* the young lady. The poor schmuck's lucky he didn't
get something bitten off by your callous action. g

Max

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Joe wrote:
It is amazing how fast the man will judge you by looks.


Well, sure. How you look is the most obvious thing about
you... what's really amazing is how people will make serious
judgements... and seriously wrong judgements... about you
based on trivial things about your appearance.


Once a long time ago to fix a bad hair cut I had my hair real short,
like 1/4 " short.

A cop directing traffic called me a skinhead MF got in my face and
wanted a fight big time. He was the kind of cop I knew I could take his
gun away and beat him senceless with it. But it was the 4th of July and
I did not need a hassle, so I just ignored him. It was amazing how he
judged me just by a bad haircut.


And Dave thinks you were "making a statement" with the
length of your hair, although a statement that he thinks the
cop should agree strongly with.

Is driving with long hair... or a bad haircut... as serious
a crime as driving while black?

DSK

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"DSK" wrote ...
Is driving with long hair... or a bad haircut... as
serious
a crime as driving while black?


Not in NJ, apparently. 4 out of 5 cars I see pulled over
are driven by blacks. And one out of those 4 is handcuffed
while the trunk is searched.

Why do black people drive so fast in NJ?


just an observation,
Scotty

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Scotty wrote:
"DSK" wrote ...
Is driving with long hair... or a bad haircut... as
serious
a crime as driving while black?


Not in NJ, apparently. 4 out of 5 cars I see pulled over
are driven by blacks. And one out of those 4 is handcuffed
while the trunk is searched.

Why do black people drive so fast in NJ?


just an observation,
Scotty




Trying to escape from racial profiling?

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"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
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?

Joe