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

Hey Joe...

Not even hailed (via vhf) by them?

Bill

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

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

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).

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"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

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?

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.

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

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