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Coast Guard Inspections
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...) Lloyd "Far Cove" Catalina 36 Hmm. Try living in the State of Victoria, Australia. Our State Gov just sees yachties and boaties as a revenue stream. You need a liscence for your boat (we get around that since we're registered as a ship with the Commonwealth Gov) plus a personal annual liscence for anyone who might move the boat under power. Serious penalties if you let an unliscenced friend "have a go" one day. The test itself has nothing to do with driving a boat! Oh, and fishing permits of course. And you can be stopped by the Water Police, Coatguard and Fisheries. We've been stopped a few times because we don't have the State boat liscence showing. We point out we don't need one and that we have the ships number on our stern. They tell us it is too small - it is if it were a State registration number, but it's fine as a Commonwealth registration. We show them our letter from the State Marine Board confirming we are exempt from the State liscence. To protect it, it's sealed in clear plastic - they complain they can't check it's legit. To make themselves feel useful, they check the safety gear ("Yes, the fire blanket is up to date with its certification") and sometimes breathalyse you for good measure before zooming off. I have no problem with safety gear checks. Our Water Police are bloody good, but I feel realy sorry them being dragged into this paperwork war so the fat pollie cats in Spring Street can go on another fact finding misson to Barbados! Peter www.oceanodyssey.net Peter & Jean looking for sponsors for the Melbourne-Osaka in 2007, and promising we will get round to updating our website this year. "Do not measure your life by the number of breaths you take, Rather by the number of times life just takes your breath away" |
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