So I got out to the lake late yesterday. Sitting in the parking lot I
was getting my stuff ready and watching another guy getting his
inspection from the DEP. As I was driving by I waved. The Officer
asked me if I wanted an inspection, I told him it was late, if there
was anything in particular he wanted to look at OK, but I would rather
get out to the water. He was nice and said he would check me next
time.

Personally I support the Ct. DEP. In a nutshell. When I was young I
lived near a nice river, but it was so polluted the water often ran
red and other weird colors, there were mills upstream. Now it is a
trout stream. You could not even swim in the Ct. River, now you can
even eat some of the fish. You could not fish Stripers, Salmon are
returning, and there are plenty of Trout and other fish for everyone,
maybe more than when I was young and of course the pressure on the
fish is huge compared to back then. Last season I had a guy pull me
over on Crystal Lake in Stafford. He was doing a survey about Trout
fishing, they wanted to know how fishermen felt about closing the
Trout season during the hot months to take some of the pressure off of
the population. I felt that if that's what they had to do, they had a
good track record with me.

Anyway, it was the first time I ever said no. It felt kind of funny
but I find with the big wooden skiff, no one pays much attention to me
anyway. Oh, I still get pulled over and met at the dock, but they just
want to look at the boat and that's cool.

wrote:
So I got out to the lake late yesterday. Sitting in the parking lot I
was getting my stuff ready and watching another guy getting his
inspection from the DEP. As I was driving by I waved. The Officer
asked me if I wanted an inspection, I told him it was late, if there
was anything in particular he wanted to look at OK, but I would rather
get out to the water. He was nice and said he would check me next
time.

Personally I support the Ct. DEP. In a nutshell. When I was young I
lived near a nice river, but it was so polluted the water often ran
red and other weird colors, there were mills upstream. Now it is a
trout stream. You could not even swim in the Ct. River, now you can
even eat some of the fish. You could not fish Stripers, Salmon are
returning, and there are plenty of Trout and other fish for everyone,
maybe more than when I was young and of course the pressure on the
fish is huge compared to back then. Last season I had a guy pull me
over on Crystal Lake in Stafford. He was doing a survey about Trout
fishing, they wanted to know how fishermen felt about closing the
Trout season during the hot months to take some of the pressure off of
the population. I felt that if that's what they had to do, they had a
good track record with me.

Anyway, it was the first time I ever said no. It felt kind of funny
but I find with the big wooden skiff, no one pays much attention to me
anyway. Oh, I still get pulled over and met at the dock, but they just
want to look at the boat and that's cool.



I don't mind inspections by officials, since I have nada to hide on my
boats, and I'm always hopeful they'll catch poachers. I don't let the
Power Squadron yahoos aboard for a "courtesy" look-see, though.

On Jul 9, 8:00?am, HK wrote:

I don't mind inspections by officials, since I have nada to hide on my
boats,

Now that you've sold the Parker, what types of "boats" do you still
own?

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jul 9, 8:00?am, HK wrote:

I don't mind inspections by officials, since I have nada to hide on my
boats,

Now that you've sold the Parker, what types of "boats" do you still
own?



I haven't sold her yet. The guy I had lined up was turned down by his
bank and his credit union, so we returned his deposit. I do have two
"potentials" I've talked to once or twice. Had another guy who was just
a "tire-kicker."

HK wrote:

I haven't sold her yet. The guy I had lined up was turned down by his
bank and his credit union, so we returned his deposit. I do have two
"potentials" I've talked to once or twice. Had another guy who was just
a "tire-kicker."


Harry,
Is it possible that the boat is over priced and the bank is requiring
such a large down payment, that anyone would have trouble getting a loan?

When you sell this boat, do you plan on being boatless for the rest of
the season?

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So I got out to the lake late yesterday. Sitting in the parking lot I
was getting my stuff ready and watching another guy getting his
inspection from the DEP. As I was driving by I waved. The Officer
asked me if I wanted an inspection, I told him it was late, if there
was anything in particular he wanted to look at OK, but I would rather
get out to the water. He was nice and said he would check me next
time.

Personally I support the Ct. DEP. In a nutshell. When I was young I
lived near a nice river, but it was so polluted the water often ran
red and other weird colors, there were mills upstream. Now it is a
trout stream. You could not even swim in the Ct. River, now you can
even eat some of the fish. You could not fish Stripers, Salmon are
returning, and there are plenty of Trout and other fish for everyone,
maybe more than when I was young and of course the pressure on the
fish is huge compared to back then. Last season I had a guy pull me
over on Crystal Lake in Stafford. He was doing a survey about Trout
fishing, they wanted to know how fishermen felt about closing the
Trout season during the hot months to take some of the pressure off of
the population. I felt that if that's what they had to do, they had a
good track record with me.

Anyway, it was the first time I ever said no. It felt kind of funny
but I find with the big wooden skiff, no one pays much attention to me
anyway. Oh, I still get pulled over and met at the dock, but they just
want to look at the boat and that's cool.



What about CG inspections? Are we legally required to let them board? The
cops need a warrant to search your home. I wonder if the CG has its own
special set of rules.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
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So I got out to the lake late yesterday. Sitting in the parking lot I
was getting my stuff ready and watching another guy getting his
inspection from the DEP. As I was driving by I waved. The Officer
asked me if I wanted an inspection, I told him it was late, if there
was anything in particular he wanted to look at OK, but I would rather
get out to the water. He was nice and said he would check me next
time.

Personally I support the Ct. DEP. In a nutshell. When I was young I
lived near a nice river, but it was so polluted the water often ran
red and other weird colors, there were mills upstream. Now it is a
trout stream. You could not even swim in the Ct. River, now you can
even eat some of the fish. You could not fish Stripers, Salmon are
returning, and there are plenty of Trout and other fish for everyone,
maybe more than when I was young and of course the pressure on the
fish is huge compared to back then. Last season I had a guy pull me
over on Crystal Lake in Stafford. He was doing a survey about Trout
fishing, they wanted to know how fishermen felt about closing the
Trout season during the hot months to take some of the pressure off of
the population. I felt that if that's what they had to do, they had a
good track record with me.

Anyway, it was the first time I ever said no. It felt kind of funny
but I find with the big wooden skiff, no one pays much attention to me
anyway. Oh, I still get pulled over and met at the dock, but they just
want to look at the boat and that's cool.



What about CG inspections? Are we legally required to let them board? The
cops need a warrant to search your home. I wonder if the CG has its own
special set of rules.



Joe,
Yes they do.

"HK" wrote in message
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wrote:
So I got out to the lake late yesterday. Sitting in the parking lot I
was getting my stuff ready and watching another guy getting his
inspection from the DEP. As I was driving by I waved. The Officer
asked me if I wanted an inspection, I told him it was late, if there
was anything in particular he wanted to look at OK, but I would rather
get out to the water. He was nice and said he would check me next
time.

Personally I support the Ct. DEP. In a nutshell. When I was young I
lived near a nice river, but it was so polluted the water often ran
red and other weird colors, there were mills upstream. Now it is a
trout stream. You could not even swim in the Ct. River, now you can
even eat some of the fish. You could not fish Stripers, Salmon are
returning, and there are plenty of Trout and other fish for everyone,
maybe more than when I was young and of course the pressure on the
fish is huge compared to back then. Last season I had a guy pull me
over on Crystal Lake in Stafford. He was doing a survey about Trout
fishing, they wanted to know how fishermen felt about closing the
Trout season during the hot months to take some of the pressure off of
the population. I felt that if that's what they had to do, they had a
good track record with me.

Anyway, it was the first time I ever said no. It felt kind of funny
but I find with the big wooden skiff, no one pays much attention to me
anyway. Oh, I still get pulled over and met at the dock, but they just
want to look at the boat and that's cool.



I don't mind inspections by officials, since I have nada to hide on my
boats, and I'm always hopeful they'll catch poachers. I don't let the
Power Squadron yahoos aboard for a "courtesy" look-see, though.

Same here. A few years back one of them offered my an inspection sticker
even though he did not inspect my boat. I made a call to the USCG office
the next day to report the jerk.

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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:53:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

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So I got out to the lake late yesterday. Sitting in the parking lot I
was getting my stuff ready and watching another guy getting his
inspection from the DEP. As I was driving by I waved. The Officer
asked me if I wanted an inspection, I told him it was late, if there
was anything in particular he wanted to look at OK, but I would rather
get out to the water. He was nice and said he would check me next
time.

Personally I support the Ct. DEP. In a nutshell. When I was young I
lived near a nice river, but it was so polluted the water often ran
red and other weird colors, there were mills upstream. Now it is a
trout stream. You could not even swim in the Ct. River, now you can
even eat some of the fish. You could not fish Stripers, Salmon are
returning, and there are plenty of Trout and other fish for everyone,
maybe more than when I was young and of course the pressure on the
fish is huge compared to back then. Last season I had a guy pull me
over on Crystal Lake in Stafford. He was doing a survey about Trout
fishing, they wanted to know how fishermen felt about closing the
Trout season during the hot months to take some of the pressure off of
the population. I felt that if that's what they had to do, they had a
good track record with me.

Anyway, it was the first time I ever said no. It felt kind of funny
but I find with the big wooden skiff, no one pays much attention to me
anyway. Oh, I still get pulled over and met at the dock, but they just
want to look at the boat and that's cool.



What about CG inspections? Are we legally required to let them board? The
cops need a warrant to search your home. I wonder if the CG has its own
special set of rules.


Another example of why even long time boaters need to take a safe
boating course and pass a test. The answer to this is REALLY basic.
If you don't know, you should not be operating a boat.


That's such a silly thing to say. Really. It is.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:53:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

wrote in message
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So I got out to the lake late yesterday. Sitting in the parking lot I
was getting my stuff ready and watching another guy getting his
inspection from the DEP. As I was driving by I waved. The Officer
asked me if I wanted an inspection, I told him it was late, if there
was anything in particular he wanted to look at OK, but I would rather
get out to the water. He was nice and said he would check me next
time.

Personally I support the Ct. DEP. In a nutshell. When I was young I
lived near a nice river, but it was so polluted the water often ran
red and other weird colors, there were mills upstream. Now it is a
trout stream. You could not even swim in the Ct. River, now you can
even eat some of the fish. You could not fish Stripers, Salmon are
returning, and there are plenty of Trout and other fish for everyone,
maybe more than when I was young and of course the pressure on the
fish is huge compared to back then. Last season I had a guy pull me
over on Crystal Lake in Stafford. He was doing a survey about Trout
fishing, they wanted to know how fishermen felt about closing the
Trout season during the hot months to take some of the pressure off of
the population. I felt that if that's what they had to do, they had a
good track record with me.

Anyway, it was the first time I ever said no. It felt kind of funny
but I find with the big wooden skiff, no one pays much attention to me
anyway. Oh, I still get pulled over and met at the dock, but they just
want to look at the boat and that's cool.


What about CG inspections? Are we legally required to let them board? The
cops need a warrant to search your home. I wonder if the CG has its own
special set of rules.

Another example of why even long time boaters need to take a safe
boating course and pass a test. The answer to this is REALLY basic.
If you don't know, you should not be operating a boat.


That's such a silly thing to say. Really. It is.



I assumed you were asking a rhetorical question. If you really do not
know the answer, you really should take a basic PS or USCG AUX course.