"Bart" .@. wrote in message
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Sometimes the USCG takes safety too far. 50 years ago
this
would not have happened. But today, most of the people in
the USCG can't even sail--they are powerboaters and unable
to comprehend what seamanship really is.

I was talking to a charter schooner operation down south
that had a pretty schooner for sale. I liked everything
about
the boat. The one issue that really irked me was the USCG
would not allow them to fly all their sails when in
charter. The
were limited to just four sails. Jib, staysail, foresail,
and main.

No top sails were allow. No fisherman sail.

How could they take such a pretty boat and then handicap
it
so that the experience was not authentic.


I didn't know the CG had the authority for something like
that.
Don't they still train recruits on the Eagle? I guess only
a handful, huh?
At least the Navy still sails. Saw them racing their 44s
down in Annapolis.

Scotty

Scotty wrote:
I didn't know the CG had the authority for something like
that.
Don't they still train recruits on the Eagle? I guess only
a handful, huh?
At least the Navy still sails. Saw them racing their 44s
down in Annapolis.

The coasties do sail their middies on the Eagle. It is not
the same thing as getting small boat sailing time.

Take a look at their regulations. No one ever considers
sailing, and sail training in the USCG certifications. Laws
in many areas are ambiguous and poorly defined. That
tells me, they don't have enough sailors in the USCG.

Anyone can steer a powerboat. It takes skill to sail.