Re: [Paddlewise] Authority to Close the Ocean

In fact the boat was a WestSail-32 a legend in cruising sailboats.  I
believe the owner furled the sails and intended to ride out the storm using
the windage of the rig to steady the boat.  Having been in a similar
situation for a very short period of time I can report it's scary but
do-able.

Richard Smith

----- Original Message -----
From: Coplan, Karl <KCoplan_at_law.pace.edu>
To: <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 3:52 PM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Authority to Close the Ocean


> Steve Cramer wrote:
>
> AFAIK, nobody has the jurisdiction to close the ocean, thanks be.
>
>
>
> FYI, the US Coast Guard claims the authority to terminate any voyage where
> it determines that the vessel is manifestly unsafe for the conditions.
> Readers of "The Perfect Storm" may recall that this authority was used to
> force a sailor to abandon his perfectly seaworthy sailboat far out in the
> Atlantic during the storm (the sailboat later washed up upright and
> perfectly unharmed on a Maryland beach).
>
> just when you thought it was (up to you to determine that it was) safe to
go
> back in the water . . .
>
> --Karl Coplan
>
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