"Gogarty" wrote in message
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Strikes me the Aussie CG should have declared this an unsfae voyage and
terminated it.


There is no Coast Guard in Australia as you have in the US. There are state
based marine authorities and there is a national ships register. If the
yacht has Australian registration and has the necessary safety equipment to
satisfy the relevant state marine authority (and its not a particularly
onerous list, you can, after clearing customs and immigration, sail it off
as you like. About the only way to stop someone would be for the police to
arrest them for creating a public nuisance or similar.

Stephen Cox
Canberra AUSTRALIA