On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:56:56 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Tamaroak wrote:
Let's say a licensed master decides to offer to donate a boat ride to a
charitable organization's service auction. This group gets the money
when someone pays for the ride, the buyer gets the boat ride, the
captain gets nothing but a warm fuzzy feeling for contributing to the
charity. This is clearly not a part of any business, and the captain is
not in this business anyway.

Has the captain received compensation for this according to USCG
regulations? Does this mean s/he needs chartering insurance, has to be
documented, etc. to do this annually?

Capt. Jeff

This doesn't really answer your question, but, no matter what the "law"
says, or how it might be "fairly" interpreted, you can bet your last
fish hook that if there is a mishap, the captain will be sued, and if he
isn't "documented" and insured up to the hilt, he soon will be boatless,
carless, houseless and, worst of all, baitless.

Krause, you're a ****ing liar.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes