In article ,
pamsuks says...

(Snip)

As far as why you were boarded? probably cause it is early in season, and the
coasties do have to show that they have been out doing thier job. One of the
reasons i got out of the CG was i really didn't like the law enforcement
aspect
of the mission. and I suspect that since 9-11 that aspect has definitely been
emphasized.

Interesting. We visited the Eaton's Point light and CG station last year and
more than one young Coastie told us he was in the service to help people, not
for law enforcement.

We were also boarded in early spring last year as we were motoring up Flushing
Bay after leavinbg the slip. The Coasties had come in to fuel at the fuel dock
and on their way back out boarded us. Clearly, they had nothing better to do
and we were the only boat out there that day. We got a clean sheet. Indeed, I
had to prod him to look at some things, like our pyrotechnics. I am proud that
everything on the boat is as it should be and didn't want him to overlook
anything. But it seems that west of Execution Rock on Long Island Sound
pyrotechnicas are not required and he did not bneed to examine them for their
expiration dates.

In article ,
pamsuks says...

(Snip)

As far as why you were boarded? probably cause it is early in season, and the
coasties do have to show that they have been out doing thier job. One of the
reasons i got out of the CG was i really didn't like the law enforcement
aspect
of the mission. and I suspect that since 9-11 that aspect has definitely been
emphasized.

Interesting. We visited the Eaton's Point light and CG station last year and
more than one young Coastie told us he was in the service to help people, not
for law enforcement.

We were also boarded in early spring last year as we were motoring up Flushing
Bay after leavinbg the slip. The Coasties had come in to fuel at the fuel dock
and on their way back out boarded us. Clearly, they had nothing better to do
and we were the only boat out there that day. We got a clean sheet. Indeed, I
had to prod him to look at some things, like our pyrotechnics. I am proud that
everything on the boat is as it should be and didn't want him to overlook
anything. But it seems that west of Execution Rock on Long Island Sound
pyrotechnicas are not required and he did not bneed to examine them for their
expiration dates.

in a former life I used to be a coastie. The way i was trained is that the cg
aux decal is not a way to avoid a boarding. what the decal does is let the
boarding officer know that the vessel had a SAFETY insepection, and that the
B/O doesn't have to waste time counting fire extinguishers , flares, and PFD's.


As far as why you were boarded? probably cause it is early in season, and the
coasties do have to show that they have been out doing thier job. One of the
reasons i got out of the CG was i really didn't like the law enforcement aspect
of the mission. and I suspect that since 9-11 that aspect has definitely been
emphasized.

IMOP

Jared Crane

Last year I was boarded for the first time in the past 25 years. I think in the
early part of the season, the odds are greater that you will be boarded because
there aren't as many other recreational boats on the water. Also, a powerboater
will leave the dock for a "quick" spin around the harbor. A sailboater is less
likely to do this because of the time and effort involved.

"Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every
Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at
www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to
95.9FM.

Does the CG avoid sailboats?


yes, according to a coastie. said the coasties don't like climbing up on
sailboats -- it is a drag -- and usually everything is okay to boot.

Does the CG avoid sailboats?


yes, according to a coastie. said the coasties don't like climbing up on
sailboats -- it is a drag -- and usually everything is okay to boot.

Ahoy Capt Lou!

I've been cruising in the same waters as you for many years and I've never been
boarded. What's the difference? Does the CG avoid sailboats?

"Capt Lou" wrote in message
...
If the Coast Guard continues to board vessels with the latest CGAUX safe
boating decals displayed, why bother getting a decal? How many times a month
does a boat need to be boarded and inspected? Besides, the 2004 USCGAUX decal
has an isnurance company's name printed on it. I am cutting it off of mine.

"Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every
Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at
www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to
95.9FM.

(Capt Lou) wrote in
:

If the Coast Guard continues to board vessels with the latest CGAUX
safe boating decals displayed, why bother getting a decal? How many
times a month does a boat need to be boarded and inspected? Besides,
the 2004 USCGAUX decal has an isnurance company's name printed on it.
I am cutting it off of mine.


You should own a jetboat in Charleston, Capt Lou. There are several police
bureaucracies all looking for targets:
City of Charleston
County of Charleston
USCG
Dept of Natural Resources dressed up like SWAT teams in camo'd boats you
can't see in the dark trying to kill themselves and the person who ran over
them. They think Wappoo Cut is in the Mekong Delta and are playing GI Joe.

My little yellow Sea Rayder had the USCG-AUX current decal on it and I even
pointed it out to the Coasties. It meant nothing and was a waste of my
boating time to get the boat inspected. The inspection report from the
Coasties WAS worth keeping, however. I kept it handy at the helm to show
the other bureaucrats and they accepted the inspection report, even if it
were a few months old. I simply offered it with my driver's license and
the boat tax verification (registration) card. Showing it passed, only a
few went snooping around in the engine/storage compartment to make sure I
wasn't trying to sneak any Budweiser across the boarder from Mt Pleasant.

Many of the unconstitutional stops-for-no-reason were thinly disguised drug
raids without warrant or valid reasons. They dug around in the boat, I
think, because there were teens aboard my boat.

It's nonsense and ought to be stopped. I don't remember signing away any
of the Amendments to our Constitution at the DNR boat license office.......

Larry W4CSC

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:49:30 +0000, Larry W4CSC wrote:

(Capt Lou) wrote in
:

If the Coast Guard continues to board vessels with the latest CGAUX safe
boating decals displayed, why bother getting a decal? How many times a month
does a boat need to be boarded and inspected? Besides, the 2004 USCGAUX decal
has an isnurance company's name printed on it. I am cutting it off of mine.


You should own a jetboat in Charleston, Capt Lou. There are several police
bureaucracies all looking for targets:
City of Charleston
County of Charleston
USCG
Dept of Natural Resources dressed up like SWAT teams in camo'd boats you can't
see in the dark trying to kill themselves and the person who ran over them.
They think Wappoo Cut is in the Mekong Delta and are playing GI Joe.


Wow - am I ever glad I live in Canada! I've NEVER been stopped or boarded: not
in 40 years of boating on everything from runabouts to skiffs to dinghies to
36-ft sailboats.

(I've also never been asked for my fishing license. Go figure...)

Lloyd
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:21:03 -0700, "Lloyd Sumpter"
wrote:


Wow - am I ever glad I live in Canada! I've NEVER been stopped or boarded: not
in 40 years of boating on everything from runabouts to skiffs to dinghies to
36-ft sailboats.

(I've also never been asked for my fishing license. Go figure...)

Never been stopped in my 33 foot sailboat in Toronto, have been
stopped twice in the Inner Harbour in my Zodiac by Metro Marine (water
cops, local, but using federal safety regs at hand). They've seemed
faintly disappointed, particularly given my piratical appearance, to
find a proper PFD, bailer, heaving line, flares, signalling device,
handheld VHF, GPS and extra oars, boat hook and engine spares aboard
my 10 foot RIB.

Thank goodness they weren't looking for dope G.

R.