"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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Because they may not know your intentions.
When was the last time a Canadian privately owned boat was confiscated by
the US? Why don't we have an right to protect our waters based on our
laws
and regulations?
Don't like it? Travel to Cuba via waters not owned and under legal
control
of the US.
Jim, the US government would know my intentions because I file a float
plan
with the US Coast Guard and I tell them who I am and where I am going.
Yes, I agree that you have a right to protect your waters, but, coming
from
Canada I would be boating through about a thousand miles of your waters
before I would leave to go to Cuba. They do not stop me when I leave
Canada and enter the US at Buffalo, on my way south. I clear US Customs
and
Immigration at this Port. They do not stop me at any of the ports on my
way down the intracoastal waterways to Key West.

Please explain to me why you think I should not do this.

Thanks,
Jim



I am sure many illegal passages from the US to Canada have float plans filed
with the USCG showing nothing but good intentions.

It is our law. If you don't like it then stay out of US waters. Otherwise
accept the possible consequences.

BTW: When was the last time a Canadian vessel was overtaken and seized by
the US when traveling to Cuba?